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Microbial Bioremediation of Plasticand its Future Aspects

	International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development (IJSRED)	Full Text:
	Published Issue : Volume-3 Issue-6
	Year of Publication : 2020
	Unique Identification Number : IJSRED-V3I6P26
	Authors : Sneha Mishra
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Abstract :

Plastics are polymers commonly used and have a very slow process of degradation. There has been a huge rise in plastic waste accumulation around the globe, which is a major environmental problem. Bioremediation of plastics by microbes has given us the ability in recent years to develop treatment technologies for plastic degradation.The ability of microbes to degrade plastic has been addressed here, and how they can be genetically modified to make the degradation process more efficient. Due to their ability to reduce plastics into simpler compounds, metabolically diverse microorganisms are often used.Various forms of synthetic plastics, such as Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Polystyrene (PS), Polyurethane (PUR), have been reported for degradation in these organisms. Several forms of microbes involved in degradation, metabolic pathways followed by them, and how these pathways can be manipulated using genetic engineering and gene editing techniques to perform degradation have been discussed here in this study.