PMID- 33951880 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20210604 LR - 20210604 IS - 1873-3336 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3894 (Linking) VI - 412 DP - 2021 Jun 15 TI - Integrated approach in LDPE degradation - An application using Winogradsky column, computational modeling, and pathway prediction. PG - 125336 LID - S0304-3894(21)00299-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125336 [doi] AB - Plastic pollution in the current scenario requires a sustainable and eco-friendly treatment process. Single-use plastics accumulate more than recyclable plastic wastes. Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) is one among the plastic family with inert characteristics. The traditional method, such as landfilling, develops pollution resistant micro-organisms. It is involved in the exploitation of the native microbes to the fullest. The soil of the Kodungaiyur, agriculture site, and Otteri dumpyard were used, which resulted in nearly 22.97 +/- 2.7115%, 15.91667 +/- 2.73775%, and 10.74 +/- 0.502925% of LDPE degradation in 30 days without nutrient supplements. The enrichment of the column by organic nutrients increased the degradation of LDPE. The column enrichment was confirmed by the sulfur oxidizing bacteria (SOB) Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas stutzeri, which produced 195 mg/mL of sulfate ions. The FTIR of the LDPE degradation showed the polymer's oxygenation, while the electron microscopic images revealed cracks. In addition, an attempt was made to fit the experimental time-series data into suitable mathematical models to look at prediction and elementary forecasting. Three mathematical models, namely the customized moving averages model (CMAM), simple liinear regression model (SLRM), and a modified linear regression model (MLRM) with a lag, were able to represent the real experimental data complementarily. CI - Copyright (c) 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Sridharan, Rajalakshmi AU - Sridharan R AD - Department of Biotechnology, Stella Maris College (Autonomous), University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 086, India. FAU - Vetriselvan, Monisha AU - Vetriselvan M AD - Department of Biotechnology, Stella Maris College (Autonomous), University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 086, India. FAU - Krishnaswamy, Veena Gayathri AU - Krishnaswamy VG AD - Department of Biotechnology, Stella Maris College (Autonomous), University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 086, India. Electronic address: veenagayathri2018@gmail.com. FAU - Jansi R, Sagaya AU - Jansi R S AD - Department of Bioinformatics, Stella Maris College (Autonomous), University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 086, India. FAU - Rishin, H AU - Rishin H AD - School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632 014, India. FAU - Kumar D, Thirumal AU - Kumar D T AD - Department of Bioinformatics, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai 602 105, India. FAU - Doss C, George Priya AU - Doss C GP AD - School of BioSciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632 014, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210206 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hazard Mater JT - Journal of hazardous materials JID - 9422688 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - ARIMA model OT - Biofilm OT - In silico analysis OT - Linear regression OT - Low-density polyethylene OT - Mathematical modeling OT - Sulfur oxidizing bacteria OT - Winogradsky column EDAT- 2021/05/07 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/07 06:01 CRDT- 2021/05/06 01:01 PHST- 2020/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/02/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/06 01:01 [entrez] PHST- 2021/05/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/07 06:01 [medline] AID - S0304-3894(21)00299-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125336 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hazard Mater. 2021 Jun 15;412:125336. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125336. Epub 2021 Feb 6.