微塑料
生物降解
生物膜
微生物
细菌
环境修复
降级(电信)
环境化学
生物
微生物学
化学
污染
生态学
计算机科学
遗传学
电信
作者
Dixita Chettri,Tanmoy Pati,Anil Kumar Verma
摘要
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) with slow degradation rates carry toxins and pathogens from surroundings, accumulate and pollute the environment. They bio‐accumulate on humans and other lifeforms leading to health concerns, including inflammatory lesions, oxidative stress and increased cancer risk, thus requiring immediate remediation actions. This review summarizes, categorizes and analyses recent findings on MP source, transit and environmental toxicity and explores their microbe‐mediated breakdown. Various micro‐organisms such as fungi, bacteria, algae and protists interact with and build biofilm on MP surfaces and alter their surface morphology for their degradation. Pure strains and microbial consortia have been successfully able to degrade MPs. Extracellular enzymes are produced by these micro‐organisms that convert the complex recalcitrant polymeric structure of MP to simpler forms. Further, knowledge of factors associated with MP degradation along with the development of genetic tools enhances the rate of microbial degradation with consortium having an advantage over single bacterium‐mediated MP transformation, which has been discussed.
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