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Shah AA, Hasan F, Akhter JI, Hameed A, Ahmed S (2008b) Degradation of polyurethane by novel
bacterial consortium isolated from soil. Ann Microbiol 58:381–386
Shimao M (2001) Biodegradation of plastics. Curr Opin Biotechnol 12:242–247. https://doi.org/10.
1016/S0958-1669(00)00206-8
Shovitri M, Nafi’ah R, Antika TR, Hidayatu N, Alami N, Kuswytasari D, Zulaikha E (2017) Soil
burial method for plastic degradation performed by Pseudomonas PL-01, Bacillus PL-01, and
indigenous bacteria. AIP Conf Proc 1854:020035. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4985426
Singh B, Sharma N (2008) Mechanistic implications of plastic degradation. Polym Degrad Stab
93:561–584
Siracusa V (2019) Microbial degradation of synthetic biopolymers waste. Polymers 11(6):1066.
https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11061066
Song JJ, Yoon SC, Yu SM, Lenz RW (1998) Differential scanning calorimetric study of poly
(3-hydroxyoctanoate) inclusions in bacterial cells. Int J Biol Macromol 23:165–173
Soud SA (2019) Biodegradation of polyethylene LDPE plastic waste using locally isolated Streptomyces sp. J Pharm Sci Res 11(4):1333–1339
Sriyapai P, Chansiri K, Sriyapai T (2018) Isolation and characterization of polyester-based plasticsdegrading bacteria from compost soils. Microbiology 87:290–300. https://doi.org/10.1134/
S0026261718020157
Sukkhum S, Tokuyama S, Tarmura T, Kitpreechavanich V (2009) A novel poly (L-lactide)
degrading actinomycetes isolated from Thai forest soil, phylogenic relationship and the enzyme
characterization. J Genet Appl Microbiol 55:459–467. https://doi.org/10.2323/jgam.55.459
Tokiwa Y, Konno M, Nishida H (1999) Isolation of silk degrading microorganisms and its poly
(L-lactide) degradability. Chem Lett 28:355–356. https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1999
Urbanek AK, Waldemar R, Mirończuk AM (2018) Degradation of plastics and plastic-degrading
bacteria in cold marine habitats. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 102(18):7669–7678
Vignesh R, Deepika RC, Manigandan P, Janani R (2016) Screening of plastic degrading microbes
from various dumped soil samples. Int Res J Eng Technol 03(4):2493–2498
Watanabe M, Kawai F, Shibata M, Yokoyama S, Sudate Y (2003) Computational method for
analysis of polyethylene biodegradation. J Comput Appl Math 161:133–144
Wierckx N et al (2018) Plastic biodegradation: challenges and opportunities. In: Steffan R
(ed) Consequences of microbial interactions with hydrocarbons, oils, and lipids: biodegradation
and bioremediation. Handbook of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology. Springer, Cham, pp
1–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44535-9_23-1
Yamada-Onodera K, Mukumoto H, Katsuyaya Y, Saiganji A, Tani Y (2000) Degradation of
polyethylene by a fungus, Penicillium simplicissimum YK. Polym Degrad Stab 72:323–327
Yang J, Yang Y, Wu WM, Zhao J, Jiang L (2014) Evidence of polyethylene biodegradation by
bacterial strains from the guts of plastic-eating waxworms. Environ Sci Technol
48:13776–13784
Yottakot S, Leelavatcharamas V (2019) Isolation and optimization of polylactic acid (PLA)packaging-degrading actinomycete for PLA-packaging degradation. Pertanika J Trop Agric
Sci 42:1111–1129
Zheng Y, Yanful EK, Bassi AS (2005) A review of plastic waste biodegradation. Crit Rev
Biotechnol 25(4):243–250. https://doi.org/10.1080/07388550500346359
372
C. O. Adetunji and O. A. Anani