TABLE 1.

Bacterial members used for biodegradation of various polyethylene (PE) materials from diverse contaminated habitats.

Organisms	Isolation source	Plastic polymer	Incubation duration (days)	Biodegradation observations	References
Stenotrophomonas sp. P2	Waste dump site	LDPE	100	∼8% weight reduction, biofilm, structural deformity, surface hydrophobicity, Chemical stability change	This Study
Achromobacter sp. DF22	Waste dump site	LDPE	100	∼8% weight reduction, biofilm, surface hydrophobicity, structural deformity, Chemical stability change	This Study
Stenotrophomonas pavanii	Solid waste dump site	Modified LDPE	56	Chemical alteration	Mehmood et al., 2016
Stenotrophomonas sp.	Soil with plastic debris	LDPE	90	Chemical stability change	Peixoto et al., 2017
Achromobacter xylosoxidans	Landfill soil	HDPE	150	9% weight reduction and chemical alteration	Kowalczyk et al., 2016
Acinetobacter baumannii	Municipal landfill	PE	30	Biomass increase	Pramila and Ramesh, 2015
Comamonas sp.	Soil with plastic debris	LDPE	90	Chemical stability change	Peixoto et al., 2017
Delftia sp.	Soil with plastic debris	LDPE	90	Chemical stability change	Peixoto et al., 2017
Kocuria palustris M16	Pelagic waters	PE bags	30	1% weight reduction	Harshvardhan and Jha, 2013
Microbacterium paraoxydans	Clinical sample	Pretreated LDPE	60	61% weight reduction	Rajandas et al., 2012
Pseudomonas sp.	Mangrove soil	PE	30	20.5% weight reduction	Kathiresan, 2003
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Petroleum soil	Low mol. Wt. PE	80	41% weight reduction	Jeon and Kim, 2015
Pseudomonas sp.	Garbage soil	PE bags	180	37% weight reduction	Usha et al., 2011
Pseudomonas citronellolis	Municipal landfill	LDPE	4	17.8% weight reduction	Bhatia et al., 2014
Pseudomonas putida	Soil with plastic debris	PE	120	9–20% weight reduction	Kyaw et al., 2012
Rhodococcus ruber	PE waste soil	LDPE	20–28	0.8–8% weight reduction	Orr et al., 2004
Rhodococcus rhorocuros	Soil	PE	180	60% mineralization	Bonhomme et al., 2003
Rhodococcus sp.	Waste disposal site	Pretreated PE	21	33% weight reduction	Koutny et al., 2009
Streptomyces sp.	River delta	Pretreated PE bags	30	slight weight reduction	El-Shafei et al., 1998
Staphylococcus arlettae	Soil	PE	30	13.6% weight reduction	Divyalakshmi and Subhashini, 2016
Bacillus sp.	Waste coal	PE	225	98% weight reduction	Nowak et al., 2011
Bacillus sphaericus	Shallow ocean water	HDPE/LDPE	365	3.5–10%	Sudhakar et al., 2008
Bacillus megaterium	Soil	Pretreated PE	90	7–10% mineralization	Abrusci et al., 2011
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens	Solid waste dump site	LDPE	60	11–16% weight reduction	Das and Kumar, 2015
Bacillus subtilis H1584	Pelagic waters	PE	30	1.5–1.75% weight reduction	Harshvardhan and Jha, 2013
Chryseobacterium gleum	Activated sludge	UV irradiated LPDPE	30	Chemical alteration	Jeon and Kim, 2014