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Non Bio-degradable Plastic Eating Bacteria: A Review

Sudipta Chakraborty, Dipanjana Ash, Arna Pal, Sohini Sen, Nipendranath Bala

International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · pp. 88–95 · Published 15 Nov 2022

10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121442

Abstract

In the 21st century, synthetic plastics are a fundamental part of the global economy and the utilization of non-bio-degradable petrochemical plastics such as polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and polyethylene terephthalate has increased (80%) worldwide in the last five decades since invention. Conventional petro-chemical plastics either splinter via abiotic factors or segregate and absorb biotic factors during the bio-degradation process however, non-biodegradable petrochemical plastics are resistant to degradation via carrying poisonous excipients. Therefore, the degradation process of non-bio-degradable plastics relies on micro-organisms such as Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6, Phormidium, Lewinella, Bacillus megaterium, Rhodococcusruber, Serratiamarcescens, Enterobacterasburiae YT1, and Bacillus sp. YP1 as advanced recycling operations only covers approximately 10% of petro-chemical plastic waste. The purpose of this review is to emphasize the source, and mechanism of different micro-organisms capable to decompose petrochemical plastics.

Enterobacterasburiae YT1 Ideonella sakaiensis non-bio-degradable plastics polyethylene polyethylene terephthalate

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