Isolation and Characterization of Plastic Degrading Bacteria Collected From Landfill Sites
Akanksha Jain, Suchitra Ku Panigrahy, Nidhi Dongre, Parag JainThe growing demand of plastic leads to global pollution generated from plastic waste. The conventional methods fail to degrade plastic completely so alternative methods are used for degradation. In the present study the collected waste sample screened and three strains having potential for polythene degradation were isolated. Among 3 strains the strain P1 degrade PVC efficiently both in broth and agar media. Biochemical testing and ribotyping characterize the strain P1 as Bacillus gibsonii strain pm11.