Biodegradation of low-density polyethylene by marine bacteria from pelagic waters, Arabian Sea, India

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 100-106

  Harshvardhan, Kumar ^a,b   Jha, Bhavanath ^a,b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biomass; Pelagic marine bacteria; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE BACTERIUM; PROTEIN DENSITY; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENES; RNA;

BIODEGRADATION;

POLYETHYLENE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HOMOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE POLLUTION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBON SOURCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDIA; KOCURIA PALUSTRIS; MARINE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELAGIC ZONE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; KOCURIA PALUSTRIS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; PELAGIC MARINE BACTERIA; POLYETHYLENE;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; INDIA; POLYETHYLENE; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84888437584     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.025     Document Type: Article

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