Plasticizer Degradation by Marine Bacterial Isolates: A Proteogenomic and Metabolomic Characterization.

ABSTRACT: Many commercial plasticizers are toxic endocrine-disrupting chemicals that are added to plastics during manufacturing and may leach out once they reach the environment. Traditional phthalic acid ester plasticizers (PAEs), such as dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and bis(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate (DEHP), are now increasingly being replaced with more environmentally friendly alternatives, such as acetyl tributyl citrate (ATBC). While the metabolic pathways for PAE degradation have been established in the terrestrial environment, to our knowledge, the mechanisms for ATBC biodegradation have not been identified previously and plasticizer degradation in the marine environment remains underexplored. From marine plastic debris, we enriched and isolated microbes able to grow using a range of plasticizers an

SUBMITTER: Wright RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031849 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature