Resumen
Polyethylene waste accumulating in the environment is posing an ever increasing ecological risk. Plastics that are biodegradable can be considered environment friendly they have an increasing range of potential application and are driven by the growing use of plastics in packaging. Three hundred and fifty five microbial isolates (bacteria: 324 isolates & fungal: 31 isolates) were isolated from 10 plastic waste accumulated places in and around Sivakasi city, Tamil Nadu, India. Primary and secondary screening has been done for the bacterial isolates depending on bacterial growth in low density polyethylene solid and liquid medium. Eight isolates exhibited high efficient on LDPE degradation. These seven isolates have been identified as Pseudomonas sp., Bacillus sp., Staphylococcus sp., Serratia sp., Aspergillus japonicus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Penicilliun funiclosum and Fusarium moniliforms. Out of eight isolates Aspergillus japonicus (60.15%) and Bacillus sp (58.96%) revealed significant activity. Therefore, the present study states that, microbes has enough potential to degrade plastic with due course of time.