Fungal biodegradation of low-density polyethylene using consortium of Aspergillus species under controlled conditions

• Published in: Heliyon Vol. 7; no. 5; p. e07008
• Main Authors: DSouza, Glen Cletus, Sheriff, Ryna Shireen, Ullanat, Varun, Shrikrishna, Aniruddh, Joshi, Anupama V., Hiremath, Lingayya, Entoori, Keshamma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus oryzae; Biodegradation; FT-IR; Fungi; LDPE; Polyethylene; polysorbates; SEM; species; sucrose; weight loss; Biodegradation; Fungi; Polyethylene; Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus oryzae; Aspergillus niger; FT-IR; SEM; LDPE

Low-Density polyethylene is subject to biodegradation using a fungal consortium comprising of Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus oryzae under laboratory conditions. The extent of biodegradation has been compared with the use of potato dextrose broth and czapek dox broth media and...