Marine-Derived Fungi in Korea

Kwon, Yong Hyun; Bae, Seung Sub; Choi, Grace; Lim, Ji Yeon; Jung, Yoon-Hee; Chung, Dawoon

doi:10.1007/s12601-021-00005-3

Cited by 3 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 94 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Numerous fungi were isolated despite the limited number of PET wastes examined here. They resembled that reported in a previous study on fungal diversity in the marine environment (Jones et al 2015 ; Kwon et al 2021 ). Acremonium fuci was isolated from seaweed in Europe and North America (Zuccaro et al 2004 ), and several Cladosporium species, such as C. perangustum , C. tenuissimum , and C. xanthochromaticum were found in marine sediments (Luo et al, 2020 ).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Plastic-inhabiting fungi in marine environments and PCL degradation activity

Kim

Lee

Kim

et al. 2022

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Plastic waste has a negative impact on marine ecosystems and the quantity of this source of anthropogenic pollution continues to increase. Several studies have investigated plastic biodegradation using various microorganisms. In this study, we isolated fungi from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste on Korean seacoasts and evaluated their ability to degrade plastic by comparing the diameters of the clear zones they formed on polycaprolactone (PCL) agar. We isolated 262 strains from 47 plastic waste sources and identified 108 fungal species via molecular methods. The PCL agar assay revealed that 87 species presented with varying degrees of PCL degradation capacity. Among them, certain fungal species were strong PCL degraders. The present study demonstrated the possibility that some fungi inhabiting plastic could potentially degrade it in the marine environment. We believe that the discoveries made herein lay theoretical and practical foundations for the development of novel bioremediation systems for marine plastispheres and help mitigate the environmental pollution issues related to plastic wastes.

show abstract