ArticleWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2018
Microbial communities responsible for the degradation of poly(lactic acid)/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) blend mulches in soil burial respirometric tests.
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- Polyhydroxyalkanoate degradation in soils: mechanisms, controls, biological responses, and knowledge gaps.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
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- Microbes with plastic-degrading and pathogenic potentials are present on plastics in the final polishing pond of a wastewater treatment plant.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
- Biodegradability of Bioplastics in Managed and Unmanaged Environments: A Comprehensive Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Functional Enrichment and Sequence-Based Discovery Identify Promiscuous and Efficient Poly Lactic Acid Degrading Enzymes.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Myco-remediation of plastic pollution: current knowledge and future prospects.Biodegradation · 2024Review
- Biodegradation of Biodegradable Polymers in Mesophilic Aerobic Environments.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Impact of Bis-Polymers · 2022Article
- A Simple Method for Quantification of Polyhydroxybutyrate and Polylactic Acid Micro-Bioplastics in Soils by Evolved Gas Analysis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Succession of Bacterial Community Attached on Biodegradable Plastic Mulches During the Degradation in Soil.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The microbial communities responsible for the degradation of poly(lactic acid)/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PLA/PHB) blend foils were investigated in 1 year long laboratory soil burial experiments. Different PLA/PHB foils were tested: (a) PLA/PHB original transparent foil, (b) PLA/PHB carbon black filled foil and (c) PLA/PHB black foil previously exposed for 90 days to sun light. The microbiome diversity of these three types of foil was compared with that identified from soil/perlite sample at the beginning of experiment and that developed on a cellulose mat. Culture-dependent and culture-independent (DGGE-cloning) approaches together with PLA, PHB and PLA/PHB degradation plate assays were employed. The cultivation strategy combined with degradation tests permitted the isolation and evaluation of several PLA/PHB blend degrading microorganisms such as members of the genera Bacillus, Paenibacillus, Streptomyces, Rhodococcus, Saccharothrix, Arthrobacter, Aureobasidium, Mortierella, Absidia, Actinomucor, Bjerkandera, Fusarium, Trichoderma and Penicillium. The DGGE-cloning investigation increased the information about the microbial communities occurring during bioplastic degradation detecting several bacterial and fungal taxa and some of them (members of the orders Anaerolineales, Selenomonadales, Thelephorales and of the genera Pseudogymnoascus and Pseudeurotium) were revealed here for the first time. This survey showed the microbiome colonizing PLA/PHB blend foils and permitted the isolation of several microorganisms able to degrade the tested polymeric blends.
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