Auta, Helen Shnada and Emenike, Chijioke Uche and Jayanthi, B. and Fauziah, Shahul Hamid (2018) Growth kinetics and biodeterioration of polypropylene microplastics by Bacillus sp. and Rhodococcus sp. isolated from mangrove sediment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 127. pp. 15-21. ISSN 0025-326X, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.036.
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Interest in the biodegradation of microplastics is due to their ubiquitous distribution, availability, high persistence in the environment and deleterious impact on marine biota. The present study evaluates the growth response and mechanism of polypropylene (PP) degradation by Bacillus sp. strain 27 and Rhodococcus sp. strain 36 isolated from mangrove sediments upon exposure to PP microplastics. Both bacteria strains were able to utilise PP microplastic for growth as confirmed by the reduction of the polymer mass. The weight loss was 6.4% by Rhodococcus sp. strain 36 and 4.0% by Bacillus sp. strain 27 after 40 days of incubation. PP biodegradation was further confirmed using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy analyses, which revealed structural and morphological changes in the PP microplastics with microbial treatment. These analyses showed that the isolates can colonise, modify and utilise PP microplastics as carbon source.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Postgraduate Research Fund (PPP) of the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur: grants ( PG 135-2015B ) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Polypropylene; Rhodococcus sp. strain 36; Microplastics; Bacillus sp. strain 27; Biodegradation |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2019 06:32 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2019 06:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/22430 |
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