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S. No. Polymer
Microorganisms
Experimental
period
Enzyme group
Product of degradation
Analytical
evidence
References
12.
Low density
polyethylene
Kocuria palustris,
Bacillus pumilus,
Bacillus subtilis
30 days
–
–
Reduction assay,
viability test, cell
hydrophobicity,
SEM, FTIR,
Protein content,
Harshvardhan
and Jha
(2013)
13.
Polyethylene
Microbial community
(Plastisphere)
–
–
–
SEM, nextgeneration
sequencing
Zettler et al.
(2013)
14.
Thermostable
polyethylene
terephthalate
Thermobifida fusca
–
Cutinase
–
Circular dichroism
spectra
Roth et al.
(2014)
15.
Poly ethylene
terephthalate
Saccharomonospora
viridis
3 days
Thermostabilized
polyesterase
Terephthalic acid
SEM, site-directed
mutagensis,
circular dichroism,
LC-IT-TOF-MS,
HPLC
Kawai et al.
(2014)
16.
Poly ethylene
terephthalate
Saccharomonospora
viridis
–
Cutinase
–
Differential
scanning
fluorimetry
Miyakawa
et al. (2015)
17.
Poly ethylene
terephthalate, Poly
caprolactone
Fusarium oxysporum
–
Cutinase
–
Gene cloning and
expression, X-ray
crystallography
Dimarogona
et al. (2015)
18.
Poly ethylene
terephthalate
Fusarium oxysporum
–
Cutinase
Terephthalic acid,
mono(2-hydroxyethyl)
terephthalate
FT-IR, ATR, XPS,
DSC, TGA, HPLC,
Tensile tests, SEM,
Kanelli et al.
(2015)
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