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ArticleAntonie van Leeuwenhoek2025

Biodegradation of sachet water polyethylene plastic waste using bacteria isolates.

Onwugbuta-Kingsley Cecilia, Atim David Asitok, Uwem Okon Edet, Maurice Ekpenyong, S Peter Antai

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Onwugbuta-Kingsley CeciliaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Atim David AsitokDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Uwem Okon EdetDepartment of Biological Sciences (Microbiology), Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Arthur Jarvis University, Akpabuyo, Cross River State, Nigeria. uwemedet27@gmail.com.
Maurice EkpenyongDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
S Peter AntaiDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.

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Abstract

Introduced in the early 1990s, Nigeria's most consumed potable water packaging material is dumped indiscriminately into various environments despite concerns about its harmful effects on these environments. The study was designed to isolate and characterise potential microbial degraders and their degradation potentials using various methods. Various environmental samples (soil, sediment, and marine water) were obtained using standard protocols. Microplastic from the sachet water (SW) plastic was generated mechanically using a sterile grater and used to enrich the various samples from which potential degraders were obtained. The isolates were further screened for their ability to degrade crude oil. Positive hydrocarbonoclastic isolates were used for the biodegradation experiments of the polyethylene sheets (3 × 3 cm) via weight loss, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and gas chromatography (GC-MS). A total of 38 experiments plus one control were set up. After incubation, a total of ten (10) very turbid flasks and their control were selected for FT-IR spectroscopy. Following FT-IR, the best (n = 1) experiment and its control were subjected to GC-MS. Selected isolates were confirmed using molecular characterisation to be Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PMB

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BacteriaPlasticsPolyethylenePseudomonas aeruginosaBiodegradation, EnvironmentalGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryNigeriaSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredPlasticsPolyethyleneAlk B geneBacteriaNigeriaPlastic degradationPure waterSachet water

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