Putative degraders of low‐density polyethylene‐derived compounds are ubiquitous members of plastic‐associated bacterial communities in the marine environment
It remains unknown whether and to what extent marine prokaryotic communities are capable of degrading plastic in the ocean. To address this knowledge gap, we combined enrichment experiments employing low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) as the sole carbon source with a comparison of bacterial communities...
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ftnioz:oai:imis.nioz.nl:331033 2023-05-15T17:33:45+02:00 Putative degraders of low‐density polyethylene‐derived compounds are ubiquitous members of plastic‐associated bacterial communities in the marine environment Pinto, M. Polania Zenner, P. Langer, T.M. Harrison, J. Simon, M. Varela, M.M. Herndl, G.J. 2020 application/pdf https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/89/355389.pdf en eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000572995300001 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15232 https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/89/355389.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess %3Ci%3EEnviron.+Microbiol.+22%2811%29%3C%2Fi%3E%3A+4779-4793.+%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1111%2F1462-2920.15232%22+target%3D%22_blank%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1111%2F1462-2920.15232%3C%2Fa%3E info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftnioz https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15232 2022-05-01T14:12:59Z It remains unknown whether and to what extent marine prokaryotic communities are capable of degrading plastic in the ocean. To address this knowledge gap, we combined enrichment experiments employing low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) as the sole carbon source with a comparison of bacterial communities on plastic debris in the Pacific, the North Atlantic and the northern Adriatic Sea. A total of 35 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were enriched in the LDPE‐laboratory incubations after 1 year, of which 20 were present with relative abundances > 0.5% in at least one plastic sample collected from the environment. From these, OTUs classifiedas Cognatiyoonia , Psychrobacter , Roseovarius and Roseobacter were found in the communities of plastics collected atall oceanic sites. Additionally, OTUs classified as Roseobacter , Pseudophaeobacter , Phaeobacter , Marinovum and Cognatiyoonia , also enriched in the LDPE‐laboratory incubations, were enriched on LDPE communities compared to the ones associated to glass and polypropylene in in‐situ incubations in the northern Adriatic Sea after 1 month of incubation. Some of these enriched OTUs were also related to known alkane and hydrocarbon degraders. Collectively, these results demonstrate that there are prokaryotes capable of surviving with LDPE as the sole carbon source living on plastics in relatively high abundances in different water masses of the global ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic NIOZ Repository (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) Pacific Environmental Microbiology 22 11 4779 4793 |
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It remains unknown whether and to what extent marine prokaryotic communities are capable of degrading plastic in the ocean. To address this knowledge gap, we combined enrichment experiments employing low‐density polyethylene (LDPE) as the sole carbon source with a comparison of bacterial communities on plastic debris in the Pacific, the North Atlantic and the northern Adriatic Sea. A total of 35 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were enriched in the LDPE‐laboratory incubations after 1 year, of which 20 were present with relative abundances > 0.5% in at least one plastic sample collected from the environment. From these, OTUs classifiedas Cognatiyoonia , Psychrobacter , Roseovarius and Roseobacter were found in the communities of plastics collected atall oceanic sites. Additionally, OTUs classified as Roseobacter , Pseudophaeobacter , Phaeobacter , Marinovum and Cognatiyoonia , also enriched in the LDPE‐laboratory incubations, were enriched on LDPE communities compared to the ones associated to glass and polypropylene in in‐situ incubations in the northern Adriatic Sea after 1 month of incubation. Some of these enriched OTUs were also related to known alkane and hydrocarbon degraders. Collectively, these results demonstrate that there are prokaryotes capable of surviving with LDPE as the sole carbon source living on plastics in relatively high abundances in different water masses of the global ocean. |
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Pinto, M. Polania Zenner, P. Langer, T.M. Harrison, J. Simon, M. Varela, M.M. Herndl, G.J. Putative degraders of low‐density polyethylene‐derived compounds are ubiquitous members of plastic‐associated bacterial communities in the marine environment |
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Putative degraders of low‐density polyethylene‐derived compounds are ubiquitous members of plastic‐associated bacterial communities in the marine environment |
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Putative degraders of low‐density polyethylene‐derived compounds are ubiquitous members of plastic‐associated bacterial communities in the marine environment |
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Putative degraders of low‐density polyethylene‐derived compounds are ubiquitous members of plastic‐associated bacterial communities in the marine environment |
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Putative degraders of low‐density polyethylene‐derived compounds are ubiquitous members of plastic‐associated bacterial communities in the marine environment |
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Putative degraders of low‐density polyethylene‐derived compounds are ubiquitous members of plastic‐associated bacterial communities in the marine environment |
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putative degraders of low‐density polyethylene‐derived compounds are ubiquitous members of plastic‐associated bacterial communities in the marine environment |
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