National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Polyethylene is kind of plastic which is a stable and thermoplastic polymer. It consists of long chains of ethylene monomers and it can’t easily degrade by microorganisms. In the current study, ten fungal strains were isolated from Red Sea water; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. These isolates were screened to examine their ability in biodegradation of Low density polyethylene, selected fungi which related to Aspergillus and Penicillium showed ability to degrade polyethylene films and powder. Penicillium sp showed the highest percentage in reduction of polyethylene weight with (43.4%). Detection of morphological changes by SEM demonstrated that fungal growth was observed clearly on the treated film. Mycelia and conidia of Aspergillus sp and Penicillium sp have seen physically associated with the surface.
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