期刊
CHEMOSPHERE
卷 222, 期 -, 页码 527-533出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.159
关键词
Microplastics; Polyethylene; Bacillus sp.; Paenibacillus sp.; Biodecomposition
资金
- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [NRF-2017R1D1A1B03034029]
In this study, we investigated the decomposition of micro-sized polyethylene (PE) by mesophilic mixed bacterial culture isolates obtained from a municipal landfill sediment. Among these, Bacillus sp. and Paenibacillus sp. were more specifically enriched in the non-carbonaceous nutrient medium (i.e., Basal medium) as they were the most dominant species when they were exposed to PE microplastics. They reduced the dry weight of particles (14.7% after 60 d) and the mean particle diameter (22.8% after 60 d; obtained by field-emission scanning electron microscopy analysis). In the gas chromatography-mass spectrometer analysis of biologically aged particles, the amount and types of organic contents eluted from the PE microplastics were far lower in the early decomposition phase; however, they increased in the later phase. Thermal gravimetric analysis showed that the aged particles had higher thermal stability at temperatures greater than 570 degrees C compared to the control, thereby suggesting that microplastics were degraded by enzymatic chain scission, which could in turn be ascribed to the greater refractory fractions of aged particles remaining at a high combustion temperature. It was further verified that PE particles could be biologically utilized as a sole carbon source and broken down during the test period. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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