LAPSE:2020.0619
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LAPSE:2020.0619
Ability of Trichoderma hamatum Isolated from Plastics-Polluted Environments to Attack Petroleum-Based, Synthetic Polymer Films
Kateřina Malachová, Čeněk Novotný, Grażyna Adamus, Nadia Lotti, Zuzana Rybková, Michelina Soccio, Pavlína Šlosarčíková, Vincent Verney, Fabio Fava
June 23, 2020
Microorganisms colonizing plastic waste material collected in composting-, landfill-, and anaerobic digestion plants were isolated to obtain novel strains maximally adapted to the degradation of plastics due to long-term contact with plastic polymers. Twenty-six bacterial strains were isolated and identified by the 16 S rRNA method, and eighteen strains of yeasts and fungi using 18 S rRNA and the internal transcribed spacer ITS sequencing of the 18 S rRNA gene. In selected strains, the ability to degrade linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polystyrene (PS), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was tested in aerobic liquid-medium cultures. An oxidative, two-step pretreatment of LLDPE and LDPE using γ- or UV-irradiation followed by a high-temperature treatment was carried out, and the pretreated plastics were also included in the degradation experiments. The respective weight losses after biodegradation by Trichoderma hamatum were: virgin and γ/T90-pretreated LLDPE (2.2 ± 1.2 and 3.9 ± 0.5%), virgin and UV/T60-pretreated LDPE (0.5 ± 0.4 and 1.3 ± 0.4%), and virgin PS (0.9 ± 0.4%). The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis showed that during the treatment of pretreated LLDPE, T. hamatum attacked low molecular weight LLDPE oligomers, reducing the functional groups (carbonyl C = O), which was paralleled by a slight increase of the molar mass of pretreated LLDPE and a decrease of the dispersity index, as demonstrated by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) highlighted the formation of functional groups on LLDPE due to polymer pretreatment that favored fungal attack at the polymer surface. The results provide insight into microbial consortia that spontaneously colonize the surface of plastics in various environments and their capability to attack plastic polymers.
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bacteria, fungi, plastic-polymer degradation, screening, Trichoderma hamatum
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Malachová K, Novotný ?, Adamus G, Lotti N, Rybková Z, Soccio M, Šlosarčíková P, Verney V, Fava F. Ability of Trichoderma hamatum Isolated from Plastics-Polluted Environments to Attack Petroleum-Based, Synthetic Polymer Films. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0619
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Malachová K: Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 71000 Ostrava, Czech Republic [ORCID]
Novotný ?: Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 71000 Ostrava, Czech Republic; Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology of Czech Acad. Sci., 10000 Prague, Czech Republic [ORCID]
Adamus G: Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials Polish Academy of Sciences, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland [ORCID]
Lotti N: Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy [ORCID]
Rybková Z: Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 71000 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Soccio M: Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy [ORCID]
Šlosarčíková P: Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 71000 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Verney V: Institut de Chimie de Clermont Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, CNRS UMR6296, 63170 Aubière, France [ORCID]
Fava F: Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Processes
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8
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4
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E467
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2020
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2020-04-16
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2227-9717
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