Characteristics investigation on biofilm formation and biodegradation activities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain ISJ14 colonizing low density polyethylene (LDPE) surface.

ABSTRACT: The accelerated population and industrial development have caused an extensive increase in the use of plastic products. Since polyethylene degrades slowly generating poisonous compounds, therefore, elimination of plastic from the environment is the prerequisite requirement today. Biodegradation of plastics seems to be a convenient and effective method to curb this problem. In view of this, the present study focuses on LDPE degradation capability of bacterial strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa ISJ14 (Accession No. MG554742) isolated from waste dump sites. Further, the stability of 16S rDNA of the isolate was determined by applying bioinformatics tools. For biodegradation studies, the polyethylene films were incubated with the culture of P. aeruginosa ISJ14 in two different growth m

SUBMITTER: Gupta KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7341359 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature