Title
Isolation and characterization of polyethylene-biodegrading mycromycetes
Other title
Aislamiento y caracterización de micromicetos biodegradadores de polietileno
Date Issued
01 July 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The polyethylene biodegradation by microorganisms is a solution for the reduction of the plastics pollution. Isolation and characterization of the fungi capable to degrade the polyethylene are reported, as well as the conditions of pH and temperature in which they showed the higher activity. Fungi were isolated from polyethylene products obtained of sanitary landfill; the identification was realized in base to growth in petri plate and the technique of microculture in sheet. Biodegradative activity was determined with the Kavelman and Kendrick technique, for temperatures between 20 and 30°C and to pH 4,5 - 8,0. Twenty strains of micromicete were isolated and identified. Five strain (25%) shown polyethylene biodegradative capacity to 20°C, and pH 6,5. Six strain (30%) showed activity biodegradative to 30°C, and pH 6,5. In both cases, Aspergillus flavus was the strain with greater performance.
Start page
203
End page
205
Volume
13
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Otros temas de Biología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-70350208898
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
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