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MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 266, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127239
Keywords
Floc-forming bacteria; Bioremediation; Heterotrophic bacteria; Biodegradation
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Microplastics pollution poses a threat to aquaculture practices and human health. Limited research has been done on the effects of microplastics and potential solutions. However, some bacteria show promise in degrading microplastics particles, offering a potential treatment option.
Microplastics pollution has become a threat to aquaculture practices, as nearly all farming systems are saturated with microplastics (MPs) particles. Current research on MPs is limited considering their effects on aquatic or-ganisms and human health. However, limited research has been conducted on potential cures and treatments. In today's world, bioremediation of needful parameters in different culture systems is being successfully practiced by introducing floc-forming bacteria. Researchers had found that some bacteria are efficacious in degrading microplastics particles including polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS), and polypropylene (PP). In addition, some bacteria that can form floc, are being used in fish and shellfish culture systems to treat toxic pollutants as the heterotrophic bacteria use organic compounds to grow and are effective in degrading microplastics and mini-mizing toxic nitrogen loads in aquaculture systems. In this review, the ability of biofloc bacteria to degrade microplastics has been summarized by collating the results of previous studies. The concept of this review may represent the efficacy of biofloc technology as an implicit tool in the fish culture system restricting the MPs contamination in water resources to safeguard ecological as well as human health.
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