期刊
CHEMOSPHERE
卷 282, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131006
关键词
Plastic biodegradation; Zophobas atratus; Foam plastics; Gut microbiome; Digestive enzyme activity
资金
- Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities, China [N182508026]
- Research and Development Project of Liaoning Province, China [2019JH2/10300051]
The study demonstrates that superworm Zophobas atratus can efficiently degrade both polystyrene and polyurethane foam plastics, and the plastic degradation is associated with changes in gut microbial communities and digestive enzyme activities.
In order to uncover the plastic types that superworm Zophobas atratus can degrade and the underlying changes associated with plastics consumption, three types of plastics including polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE) and polyurethane (PU) foam were used as sole feedstock to feed the superworm larvae for 35 days with bran as control. Compared to the control, PS- or PU-fed larvae showed 100% survival rates, the PE-fed and starvation larvae had decreased survival rates of 81.67% and 65%, respectively. Both plastics-fed and starvation groups showed decreased larvae weight. The consumption rates of PS, PE, and PU were 1.41, 0.30, and 0.74 mg/d/larva, respectively. The attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and differential scanning calorimeter and thermogravimetric (DSC-TGA) analyses demonstrated the changes of functional groups and thermostability in frass compared to plastic feedstocks, indicating the partial oxidation and degradation of plastics. Among the gut digestive enzymes tested, protease showed increased activities in all plastics-fed groups. Gut microbial communities displayed significant relative abundance changes such as increased abundances of Enterococcus in all plastic-fed groups, Citrobacter in PE-fed group, Dysgonomonas and Sphingobacterium in PS-fed group, and Mangrovibacter in PU-fed group. The latter 3 genera were reported for the first time. In summary, the results demonstrated that Z. atratus could efficiently degrade both PS and PU foam plastics, and the plastic degradation was associated with changes of gut microbial communities and digestive enzyme activities.
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