PMID- 36478021
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230207
LR  - 20230223
IS  - 1574-6941 (Electronic)
IS  - 0168-6496 (Linking)
VI  - 99
IP  - 2
DP  - 2023 Jan 24
TI  - High density polyethylene (HDPE) biodegradation by the fungus Cladosporium 
      halotolerans.
LID - fiac148 [pii]
LID - 10.1093/femsec/fiac148 [doi]
AB  - Polyethylene (PE) is high molecular weight synthetic polymer, very hydrofobic and 
      hardly biodegradable. To increase polyethylene bio-degradability it is very 
      important to find microorganisms that improve the PE hydrophilic level and/or 
      reduce the length of its polymeric chain by oxidation. In this study, we isolated 
      Cladosporium halotolerans, a fungal species, from the gastric system of Galleria 
      mellonella larvae. Here, we show that C. halotolerans grows in the presence of PE 
      polymer, it is able to interact with plastic material through its hyphae and 
      secretes enzymes involved in PE degradation.
CI  - (c) The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of FEMS.
FAU - Di Napoli, Michela
AU  - Di Napoli M
AD  - Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 
      Naples, Italy.
FAU - Silvestri, Brigida
AU  - Silvestri B
AD  - Department of Chemical, University of Naples Federico II, Materials and 
      Production Engineering, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
FAU - Castagliuolo, Giusy
AU  - Castagliuolo G
AD  - Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 
      Naples, Italy.
FAU - Carpentieri, Andrea
AU  - Carpentieri A
AD  - Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, 
      80126 Naples, Italy.
FAU - Luciani, Giuseppina
AU  - Luciani G
AD  - Department of Chemical, University of Naples Federico II, Materials and 
      Production Engineering, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
FAU - Di Maro, Antimo
AU  - Di Maro A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9595-9665
AD  - Department of Environmental, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', 
      Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (DiSTABiF), Via Vivaldi, 
      81100 Caserta, Italy.
FAU - Sorbo, Sergio
AU  - Sorbo S
AD  - University of Naples Federico II, CeSMA, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
FAU - Pezzella, Alessandro
AU  - Pezzella A
AD  - Department of Physics "Ettore Pancini", University of Naples Federico II, Via 
      Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy.
FAU - Zanfardino, Anna
AU  - Zanfardino A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6689-8365
AD  - Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 
      Naples, Italy.
FAU - Varcamonti, Mario
AU  - Varcamonti M
AD  - Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, 80126 
      Naples, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - FEMS Microbiol Ecol
JT  - FEMS microbiology ecology
JID - 8901229
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Polymers)
RN  - Cladosporium halotolerans
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Polyethylene/metabolism
MH  - *Plastics
MH  - Cladosporium/metabolism
MH  - Polymers
MH  - Biodegradation, Environmental
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cladosporium halotolerans
OT  - Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
OT  - bioremediation
OT  - enzymatic assay
OT  - high density polyethylene degradation
OT  - oxidoreductase
EDAT- 2022/12/09 06:00
MHDA- 2023/02/08 06:00
CRDT- 2022/12/08 12:31
PHST- 2022/06/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/11/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/12/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/12/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/02/08 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/12/08 12:31 [entrez]
AID - 6881716 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/femsec/fiac148 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2023 Jan 24;99(2):fiac148. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiac148.