BIOREMEDIATION OF PLASTICS BY MICROORGANISMS
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https://doi.org/10.55766/sujst-2024-03-e03377Keywords:
Bioremediation, Degradation, Microorganisms, PlasticsAbstract
Soil is an inherent medium that sustains life on our planet. Soil serves as a foundation that is essential for the development and sustenance of life on our planet. It functions as a storage area for air, water, and nutrients that are crucial for the development of living creatures, particularly vegetation and microbes. The nutrient content of the soil is determined by the composition and abundance of microorganisms that reside within it. Plastic pollution is a significant form of pollution that poses a continuing hazard to the entire ecosystem due to its ongoing deposition in the environment. The current research focuses on the degradation of plastic through the method of bioremediation using microorganisms isolated from the garden soil taken from St. Ann’s College for Women in Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad. Fungal extraction has been conducted, and shaker flask studies have been performed to assess the fungi’s capacity for degrading plastics. The bioremediation process was evaluated by measuring the weight loss caused by various microorganisms. The bioremediation experiments were conducted over a period of 90 days using a potato dextrose agar medium (PDA). The microbes which degraded the plastics are Aspergillus species and Fusarium species. The percentage of degradation was found to be 25%.
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