ArticlemSystems2022
Microbial Consortiums of Putative Degraders of Low-Density Polyethylene-Associated Compounds in the Ocean.
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- Omic-driven strategies to unveil microbiome potential for biodegradation of plastics: a review.Archives of microbiology · 2024Review
- Global perspectives on the biodegradation of LDPE in agricultural systems.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
- Call for biotechnological approach to degrade plastic in the era of COVID-19 pandemic.Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2023Review
- Assembly strategies for polyethylene-degrading microbial consortia based on the combination of omics tools and the "Plastisphere".Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Identification of rare microbial colonizers of plastic materials incubated in a coral reef environment.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Polyethylene (PE) is one of the most abundant plastics in the ocean. The development of a biofilm on PE in the ocean has been reported, yet whether some of the biofilm-forming organisms can biodegrade this plastic in the environment remains unknown. Via metagenomics analysis, we taxonomically and functionally analyzed three biofilm communities using low-density polyethylene (LDPE) as their sole carbon source for 2 years. Several of the taxa that increased in relative abundance over time were closely related to known degraders of alkane and other hydrocarbons. Alkane degradation has been proposed to be involved in PE degradation, and most of the organisms increasing in relative abundance over time harbored genes encoding proteins essential in alkane degradation, such as the genes
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