Microbial Diversity of the Surface of Polypropylene and Low Density Polyethylene-Based Materials (Plastisphere) From an Area Subjected to Intensive Agriculture.

ABSTRACT: Accumulation of synthetic plastics in the biosphere has led to global pollution, provoking serious consequences for the environment and human health. Uncontrolled agricultural plastic landfills have the risk of becoming a source of agrochemicals and microplastics. Biotechnological approaches to solve plastic pollution include the removal of these polymers through biological degradation, which is a friendly environmental method. The microbial communities colonizing plastic debris (plastisphere) are considered as a potential source of plastic-degrading microorganisms. In this study, a bacterial biodiversity analysis, based on 16S rRNA gene-targeted metagenomic sequencing, was achieved in the plastisphere of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polypropylene (PP) polymers from an agricultural

SUBMITTER: Becerra D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12683173 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature