High-density polyethylene (HDPE)-degrading potential bacteria from marine ecosystem of Gulf of Mannar, India

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-211

  Balasubramanian, V ^a   Natarajan, K ^a   Hemambika, B ^a   Ramesh, N ^a   Sumathi, C S ^a   Kottaimuthu, R ^b   Rajesh Kannan, V ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

biodegradation; biofilm; biomass; high density polyethylene; marine ecosystem

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOMASS; CARBONYLATION; CELL MEMBRANES; DEGRADATION; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROCARBONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE ENGINEERING; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENES; PROTEINS; THERMOPLASTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTHROBACTER SP; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CELL SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; DEGRADING BACTERIA; ECO-FRIENDLY; ECO-MANAGEMENT; ESTER CARBONYL; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SYSTEMS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PLASTIC WASTES; POLYETHYLENE WASTES; PROTEIN CONTENTS; PROTEIN DENSITY; PSEUDOMONAS SP; SIDE CHAIN MODIFICATIONS; WEIGHT LOSS; [CARBONYL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

HYDROCARBON; POLYETHYLENE;

ASSAY; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBONYL COMPOUND; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROCARBON; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INOCULATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLASTIC WASTE; PROTEIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

GULF OF MANNAR; INDIAN OCEAN;

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; INDIA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POLYETHYLENE; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954501932     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02883.x     Document Type: Article

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