ArticleMicroorganisms2021
Comparative Genomics of Marine Bacteria from a Historically Defined Plastic Biodegradation Consortium with the Capacity to Biodegrade Polyhydroxyalkanoates.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Harnessing bacterial power and omics technologies for sustainable plastic waste biodegradation.Biodegradation · 2026Review
- Plastic leachates alter the composition of marine microbial communities, not functional potential for plastic degradation.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Biodegradability of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolyesters in nature: a review.Biodegradation · 2025Review
- Microbiota structure shift under varying organic loading rates and their impact on polyhydroxyalkanoate production in wastewater treatment plants.Biodegradation · 2025Article
- Plastic-Degrading Enzymes from Marine Microorganisms and Their Potential Value in Recycling Technologies.Marine drugs · 2024Review
- Isolation and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate-degrading bacteria in seawater at two different depths from Suruga Bay.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- High natural PHA production from acetate in Cobetia sp. MC34 and Cobetia marina DSM 4741Microbial cell factories · 2021Article
- Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) byMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- Complete genome sequence of Photobacterium ganghwense C2.2: A new polyhydroxyalkanoate production candidate.MicrobiologyOpen · 2021Article
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Abstract
Biodegradable and compostable plastics are getting more attention as the environmental impacts of fossil-fuel-based plastics are revealed. Microbes can consume these plastics and biodegrade them within weeks to months under the proper conditions. The biobased polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymer family is an attractive alternative due to its physicochemical properties and biodegradability in soil, aquatic, and composting environments. Standard test methods are available for biodegradation that employ either natural inocula or defined communities, the latter being preferred for standardization and comparability. The original marine biodegradation standard test method ASTM D6691 employed such a defined consortium for testing PHA biodegradation. However, the taxonomic composition and metabolic potential of this consortium have never been confirmed using DNA sequencing technologies. To this end, we revived available members of this consortium and determined their phylogenetic placement, genomic sequence content, and metabolic potential. The revived members belonged to the
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