PMID- 26006776
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160204
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 96
IP  - 1-2
DP  - 2015 Jul 15
TI  - Biodegradation of HDPE by Aspergillus spp. from marine ecosystem of Gulf of 
      Mannar, India.
PG  - 32-40
LID - S0025-326X(15)00330-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.050 [doi]
AB  - High density polyethylene (HDPE) is the most commonly found non-degradable solid 
      waste among the polyethylene. In this present study, HDPE degrading various 
      fungal strains were isolated from the polyethylene waste dumped marine coastal 
      area and screened under in vitro condition. Based on weight loss and FT-IR 
      Spectrophotometric analysis, two fungal strains designated as VRKPT1 and VRKPT2 
      were found to be efficient in HDPE degradation. Through the sequence analysis of 
      ITS region homology, the isolated fungi were identified as Aspergillus 
      tubingensis VRKPT1 and Aspergillus flavus VRKPT2. The biofilm formation observed 
      under epifluorescent microscope had shown the viability of fungal strains even 
      after one month of incubation. The biodegradation of HDPE film nature was further 
      investigated through SEM analysis. HDPE poses severe environmental threats and 
      hence the ability of fungal isolates was proved to utilize virgin polyethylene as 
      the carbon source without any pre-treatment and pro-oxidant additives.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Sangeetha Devi, Rajendran
AU  - Sangeetha Devi R
AD  - Rhizosphere Biology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life 
      Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
FAU - Rajesh Kannan, Velu
AU  - Rajesh Kannan V
AD  - Rhizosphere Biology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life 
      Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India. 
      Electronic address: uvrajesh@gmail.com.
FAU - Nivas, Duraisamy
AU  - Nivas D
AD  - Rhizosphere Biology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life 
      Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
FAU - Kannan, Kanthaiah
AU  - Kannan K
AD  - Rhizosphere Biology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life 
      Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
FAU - Chandru, Sekar
AU  - Chandru S
AD  - Rhizosphere Biology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life 
      Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
FAU - Robert Antony, Arokiaswamy
AU  - Robert Antony A
AD  - Rhizosphere Biology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life 
      Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150523
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 7440-44-0 (Carbon)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aspergillus/*growth & development/metabolism
MH  - Biodegradation, Environmental
MH  - Biofilms/growth & development
MH  - Carbon/metabolism
MH  - *Ecosystem
MH  - India
MH  - Polyethylene/*analysis
MH  - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
MH  - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Aspergillus flavus VRKPT2
OT  - Aspergillus tubingensis VRKPT1
OT  - Fourier transformed infra-red spectroscopy
OT  - HDPE
OT  - Scanning electron microscopy
EDAT- 2015/05/27 06:00
MHDA- 2016/02/05 06:00
CRDT- 2015/05/27 06:00
PHST- 2015/02/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/05/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/05/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/05/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/05/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/02/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0025-326X(15)00330-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.050 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2015 Jul 15;96(1-2):32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.05.050. 
      Epub 2015 May 23.