Nitrogen fixing bacteria facilitate microbial biodegradation of a bio-based and biodegradable plastic in soils under ambient and future climatic conditions
Benjawan Tanunchai, Stefan Kalkhof, Vusal Guliyev, Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, Dennis Krstic, Martin Schädler, Andreas Geißler, Bruno Glaser, François Buscot, Еvgenia Blagodatskaya, Matthias Noll, Witoon Purahong
Abstract
-adipate) (PBSA) plastic in soils under ambient and future climates. Here, we show that nitrogen-fixing bacteria facilitate the microbial degradation of PBSA by enhancing fungal abundance, accelerating plastic-degrading enzyme activities, and shaping/interacting with plastic-degrading fungal communities.
Topics & Concepts
BiodegradationMicrobial biodegradationAdipateBiodegradable plasticBacteriaDegradation (telecommunications)NitrogenEnvironmental chemistryMicroorganismNitrogen cycleEnvironmental scienceChemistryBiologyEcologyOrganic chemistryEngineeringTelecommunicationsGeneticsPolymer chemistryMicroplastics and Plastic Pollutionbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties