Isolation and identification of polystyrene degrading bacteria from zophobas morio’s gut

• Main Authors: Kian, Meng Tan, Mohd Fauzi, Noor Akhmazillah, Mohd Kassim, Angzzas Sari, A. Razak, Aliff Hisyam, Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Applied Sciences 2015
• Subjects: TP1080-1185 Polymers and polymer manufacture
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3402/1/J12391_3b22d52e3938774fa41ef1492aec5f7d.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3402/; https://doi.org/10.48048/wjst.2021.9118
• Institution: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Polystyrene (PS) and expanded polystyrene (EPS) are commodity plastics widely used in many industries. The increase of PS in the environment causes ecological threats. It has been observed that the beetle larvae feed on plastic packages, and this has drawn the researcher’s attention towards the comp...