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Isolation and Molecular characterization of Low Density Poly Ethylene (LDPE) degrading bacteria

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Jency S. J, Sasi Premila J.M, Mahitha S
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.8.01

Abstract

The usage of Low Density Poly Ethylene has become one of the major sources of environmental pollution. These plastics exist mostly as xenobiotic components which persist in the environment for such a long period. The current study is aimed at isolation of LDPE degrading bacteria from soil sample. Plastic dumped sites are considered to be the habitat for plastic degrading bacteria. So, such a soil sample was used for isolation of these kind of bacteria. Reduction in weight was noted when the serially diluted soil sample was inoculated along with pre weighed LDPE sheets. Further, repeated spread and streak plate techniques helped in the isolation of four distinct bacterial strains JE1, JE2, JE3, JE4

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