Degradation of Polyethylene by Trichoderma Harzianum - SEM, FTIR, and NMR Analyses

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EnvironMonitAssess.2014Oct186(10):657786.doi:10.1007/s1066101438756.Epub2014Jul23.

DegradationofpolyethylenebyTrichodermaharzianumSEM,FTIR,andNMRanalyses.
SowmyaHV1,Ramalingappa,KrishnappaM,ThippeswamyB.

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TrichodermaharzianumwasisolatedfromlocaldumpsitesofShivamoggaDistrictforuseinthebiodegradationofpolyethylene.Soilsampleof
thatdumpsitewasusedforisolationofT.harzianum.Degradationwascarriedoutusingautoclaved,UVtreated,andsurfacesterilized
polyethylene.Degradationwasmonitoredbyobservingweightlossandchangesinphysicalstructurebyscanningelectronmicroscopy,Fourier
transforminfraredspectroscopy,andnuclearmagneticresonancespectroscopy.T.harzianumwasabletodegradetreatedpolyethylene(40%)
moreefficientlythanautoclaved(23%)andsurfacesterilizedpolyethylene(13%).Enzymesresponsibleforpolyethylenedegradationwere
screenedfromT.harzianumandwereidentifiedaslaccaseandmanganeseperoxidase.Theseenzymeswereproducedinlargeamount,and
theiractivitywascalculatedusingspectrophotometricmethodandcrudeextractionofenzymeswascarriedout.Molecularweightoflaccase
wasdeterminedas88kDaandthatofmanganeseperoxidasewas55kDa.Thecapacityofcrudeenzymestodegradepolyethylenewasalso
determined.Byobservingtheseresults,wecanconcludethatthisorganismmayactassolutionfortheproblemcausedbypolyethylenein
nature.
PMID:25052326 DOI:10.1007/s1066101438756
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