Biodegradation of polyethylene in digestive gland homogenates of marine invertebrates
Вiotic factors may be the driving force of plastic fragmentation along with abiotic factors. Since understanding the processes of biodegradation and biological depolymerization of plastic is important, a new methodological approach was proposed in this study to investigate the role of marine inverte...
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| author | Aleksandra Istomina Victor Chelomin Andrey Mazur Avianna Zhukovskaya Alexander Karpenko Marina Mazur |
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| description | Вiotic factors may be the driving force of plastic fragmentation along with abiotic factors. Since understanding the processes of biodegradation and biological depolymerization of plastic is important, a new methodological approach was proposed in this study to investigate the role of marine invertebrate digestive enzymes in plastic biodegradation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the possibility of enzymatic biodegradation of polyethylene fragments in the digestive gland homogenate of marine invertebrates differing in their feeding type (Strongylocentrotus nudus, Patiria pectinifera, Mizuhopecten yessoensis). Significant changes are found in the functional groups of the polymer after 3 days of incubation in the digestive gland homogenates of the studied marine invertebrates. A significant increase in the calculated CI (carbonyl index) and COI (сarbon-oxygen index) indices compared to the control sample was observed. The results suggest that digestive enzymes of studied organisms may play an important role in the biogeochemical cycling of plastic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b11d073f02ee4d72aed40a9383b6dffd2024-02-28T15:05:40ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592024-02-0112e1704110.7717/peerj.17041Biodegradation of polyethylene in digestive gland homogenates of marine invertebratesAleksandra Istomina0Victor Chelomin1Andrey Mazur2Avianna Zhukovskaya3Alexander Karpenko4Marina Mazur5V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, RussiaV.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, RussiaV.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, RussiaV.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, RussiaA.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, RussiaA.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, RussiaВiotic factors may be the driving force of plastic fragmentation along with abiotic factors. Since understanding the processes of biodegradation and biological depolymerization of plastic is important, a new methodological approach was proposed in this study to investigate the role of marine invertebrate digestive enzymes in plastic biodegradation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the possibility of enzymatic biodegradation of polyethylene fragments in the digestive gland homogenate of marine invertebrates differing in their feeding type (Strongylocentrotus nudus, Patiria pectinifera, Mizuhopecten yessoensis). Significant changes are found in the functional groups of the polymer after 3 days of incubation in the digestive gland homogenates of the studied marine invertebrates. A significant increase in the calculated CI (carbonyl index) and COI (сarbon-oxygen index) indices compared to the control sample was observed. The results suggest that digestive enzymes of studied organisms may play an important role in the biogeochemical cycling of plastic.https://peerj.com/articles/17041.pdfBiodegradation of plasticFourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| spellingShingle | Aleksandra Istomina Victor Chelomin Andrey Mazur Avianna Zhukovskaya Alexander Karpenko Marina Mazur Biodegradation of polyethylene in digestive gland homogenates of marine invertebrates PeerJ Biodegradation of plastic Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| title | Biodegradation of polyethylene in digestive gland homogenates of marine invertebrates |
| title_full | Biodegradation of polyethylene in digestive gland homogenates of marine invertebrates |
| title_fullStr | Biodegradation of polyethylene in digestive gland homogenates of marine invertebrates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biodegradation of polyethylene in digestive gland homogenates of marine invertebrates |
| title_short | Biodegradation of polyethylene in digestive gland homogenates of marine invertebrates |
| title_sort | biodegradation of polyethylene in digestive gland homogenates of marine invertebrates |
| topic | Biodegradation of plastic Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/17041.pdf |
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