Table 3.

Microorganisms with MP-degrading potential isolated from different sites

Microorganisms	Sample	MP-type	MP- initial concentration (grams)	Weight loss (%)	Incubation period in days
Massilia sp. FS1903	Galleria mellonella gut	PS	0.15	12.97 ± 1.05	30 (Jiang et al. 2021)
B. siamensis	Waste disposal	LDPE	100	8.46 ± 0.3	90 (Maroof et al. 2021)
B. cereus	Landfill area	LDPE	0.13	1.53	120 (Zerhouni et al. 2018)
Pseudomonas sp.	Soil	Bisphenol-A	0.0001	54.6 ± 3.7	60 (Matsumura et al. 2009)
Lysinibacillus sp.	Soil grove	PE and PP	0.3 and 0.39	7.5 and 3	28 (Jeon et al. 2021)
Microbacterium paraaoxydans and P. aeruginosa	Pure cultures used	LDPE	0.25	61 and 50.5	60 (Rajandas et al. 2012)
Pseudomonas sp. and Rhodococcus sp.	Antarctic soil	PP	0.100	17.3 and 7.3	40 (Habib et al. 2020)
Rhodococcu sp.	Mangrove sediment	PP	0.500	6.4	40 (Auta et al. 2018)
Aspergillus tubingensis and A. flavus	Coastal area soil	HDPE	0.200	6.02 ± 0.1 and 9.34 ± 0.2	30(Sangeetha Devi et al. 2015)
Paenibacillus sp.	Landfill	PE	0.0147	11.6	90 (Bardají et al. 2019)
Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus and Aspergillus niger	Landfill	LDPE	0.300	8.9 and 17.4	63 and 126(Esmaeili et al. 2013)
Stenotrophomonas sp. and Fusarium sp.	Compost soil	Nylon	0.03	16 and 14	28 (Tachibana et al. 2010)
P. aeruginosa	Surface water	PE	0.80	6.25	30 (Mouafo Tamnou et al. 2021)
Dethiosulfovibrio sp.; Sporobacter sp., and Cupriavidus sp.	Marine litter and water	PVC	10	3.51 ± 0.81,3.71 ± 0.28, and 3.91 ± 0.2,	90 (Giacomucci et al. 2020)
Mycobacterium neoaurum	Soil	Dimethyl phenol	0.5	6.7	60 (Ji et al. 2020)