Table 8.

Fungal enzymes documented as able to degrade plastics and the relative producing fungal species.

Enzymes	Fungal Species	Plastic Polymers	References
Cutinase HiC	Humicola insolens	PET	[148,152,157]
Cutinase FoCut5a	Fusarium oxysporum	PET	[94,144]
Cutinase FsC	Fusarium solani pisi	PET	[43,148,151,152,153,154,155,159,160]
Cutinase TtcutA	Thielavia terrestris CAU709	PUR	[193]
Esterases	Aspergillus fumigatus S45	PUR	[189]
	Aspergillus terreus	PUR	[186]
	Aspergillus tubingenesis	PUR	[192]
	Chaetomium globosum	PUR	[186]
	Cladosporium pseudocladosporioides T1.PL.1	PUR	[47]
	Curvularia senegalensis	PUR	[185]
Laccases	Aspergillus flavus PEDX3	PE	[38]
	Pleurotus ostreatus	PE	[48]
	Trichoderma harzianum	PE	[120]
Laccase-like multicopper oxidases (LMCOs)	Aspergillus flavus PEDX3	PE	[38]
Laccase-mediator system (LMS)	Trametes versicolor IFO 6482	PE	[128]
Lipases	Aspergillus oryzae CCUG 33812	PET	[143]
	Aspergillus tubingenesis	PUR	[192]
	Candida antarctica (CALB)	PET	[140,162]
	Candida antarctica	PUR	[104]
	Candida rugosa	PUR	[191]
	Pichia pastoris	PET	[163]
Peroxidases	Trichoderma harzianum	PE	[120]
Lignin peroxidases	Pleurotus ostreatus	PE	[48]
Manganese peroxidases	Phanerochaete chrysosporium ME-446	PE	[115]
	Pleurotus ostreatus	PE	[48]
Polyesterases	Beauveria brongniartii	PET	[164]
	Penicillium citrinum	PET	[165]
Serine hydrolase-like enzyme	Pestalotiopsis microspora E2712A	PUR	[190]
Urethane hydrolases	Aspergillus terreus	PUR	[186]
	Chaetomium globosum	PUR	[186]