TABLE 8.

Strains for the valorization of depolymerization products of plastics.

Plastics	Depolymerization methods	Depolymerization products	Strains	Metabolites	Yields	References
PET	Pyrolysis at 450°C	TPA	Pseudomonas putida GO16, Pseudomonas putida GO19, Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis GO23	PHA	8.4 mg⋅l–1⋅h–1	Kenny et al., 2008
PET	Pyrolysis	TPA	Pseudomonas putida GO16	PHA	108.8 mg⋅l–1⋅h–1	Kenny et al., 2012
PET	–	EG	Pseudomonas putida KT2440	PHA	0.06 g PHA per g EG	Franden et al., 2018
PS	–	Styrene	Pseudomonas putida CA-3	PHA	0.11 g PHA per g carbon	Ward et al., 2005
PS	–	Styrene	Pseudomonas putida CA-3	PHA	3.36 g⋅l–1	Nikodinovic-Runic et al., 2011
PS	Pyrolysis at 520°C	Styrene	Pseudomonas putida CA-3	PHA	62.5 mg PHA per g styrene	Ward et al., 2006
PS	Pyrolysis	Styrene	Pseudomonas putida CA-3	PHA	0.28 g PHA per g styrene	Goff et al., 2007
PE	Pyrolysis	Paraffins from C8 to C32	Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO-1	PHA	25% of the cell dry weight	Guzik et al., 2014
PE	Pyrolysis	Hydrocarbons	Ralstonia eutropha H16	PHA	0.46 g⋅l–1	Johnston et al., 2017
PE	Pyrolysis in air	Oxidized hydrocarbons	Ralstonia eutropha H16	PHA	1.24 g⋅l–1	Radecka et al., 2016
PP	Pyrolysis at 540°C	Branched chain fatty alcohols and alkenes	Yarrowia lipolytica 78-003	Fatty acids	492 mg⋅l–1 over 312 h	Mihreteab et al., 2019
PP	Thermal oxidation at 80–100°C in the oxygen–ozone mixture	Oxidized PP fragments	Ralstonia eutropha H16	PHA	1.36 g⋅l–1	Johnston et al., 2019
–	–	n-hexadecane	Renibacterium salmoninarum 27BN	Rhamnolipid	0.92 g⋅l–1	Christova et al., 2004
–	–	n-hexadecane	Dietzia maris As-13-3	Di-rhamnolipid	120 mg⋅l–1	Wang et al., 2014