Journal
PROTOPLASMA
Volume 253, Issue 4, Pages 1023-1032Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0855-9
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Indigenous consortia; Polyvinyl chloride; In situ biodegradation; Microbial community
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- Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi
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Thermoplastic-based materials are recalcitrant in nature, which extensive use affect environmental health. Here, we attempt to compare the response of indigenously produced bacterial consortium-I and consortium-II in degrading polyvinyl chloride (PVC). These consortia were developed by using different combination of bacterial strains of Pseudomonas otitidis, Bacillus cereus, and Acanthopleurobacter pedis from waste disposal sites of Northern India after their identification via 16S rDNA sequencing. The progressive degradation of PVC by consortia was examined via scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, UV-vis, FT-IR spectra, gel permeation chromatography, and differential scanning calorimetry analysis at different incubations and time intervals. The consortium-II was superior over consortium-I in degrading the PVC. Further, the carbon source utilization analysis revealed that the extensive use of consortia has not any effect on functional diversity of native soil microbes.
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