Plastic Degrading Actinomycetes Isolated From Mangrove Sediments

Totally 34 different kinds of marine Actinomycetes isolates were obtained from marine soil. Among them five predominant Actinomycetes cultures were used for plastic degradation such as Streptomyces sp (2), Pseudonocardia sp, Actinoplanes sp, Sporichthya sp. Ten - days heat treated plastic films were inoculated in to the yeast extract broth with Actinomycetes cultures were incubated with shaking condition for different time interval at 37oC. After completion of incubation time the plastic film weight was measured and find out the degradation capacity. The weight of the plastic film was gradually reduced by the action of Streptomyces.