Open AccessMicrobial Consortiums of Putative Degraders of Low-Density Polyethylene-Associated Compounds in the Ocean
Author(s) -
Maria Pinto,
Zihao Zhao,
Katja Klun,
Eugen Libowitzky,
Gerhard J. Herndl
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
msystems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.931
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2379-5077
DOI - 10.1128/msystems.01415-21
Subject(s) - low density polyethylene , polyethylene , microorganism , environmental science , environmental chemistry , chemistry , biology , organic chemistry , bacteria , paleontology
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) is one of the most used plastics worldwide, and a large portion of it ends up in the ocean. Very little is known about its fate in the ocean and whether it can be biodegraded by microorganisms.
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