Microorganisms

Microorganism

Plastic

Tax ID

Year ≥

Year ≤

Result Positive Negative (no activity) Inconclusive Everything, negatives included

Evidence Organism or its enzyme Tested whole only Only via its enzyme

Growth temp. class Any Psychrophile (<20°C) Mesophile (20–45°C) Thermophile (≥45°C) From the recorded optimum growth temperature, not the assay temperature.

Environment

Location

Lineage (text)

Method Any Weight loss Mass remaining Clear-zone (halo) assay Growth on plastic CO₂ evolution (respirometry) O₂ consumption (respirometry) Chemical oxygen demand (COD) Total organic carbon (TOC) Titration (e.g. pH-stat) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) Atomic force microscopy (AFM) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) Optical microscopy Visual inspection FTIR spectroscopy NMR spectroscopy UV–Vis spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) Circular dichroism (CD) Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) HPLC LC–MS GC–MS Gas chromatography (non-MS detector) GPC / SEC (molecular weight) Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) MALDI-TOF MS Mass spectrometry Enzyme activity assay Zymogram DCPIP assay Fluorescence assay ROS assay Biosensor Luminescence Dynamic light scattering (DLS) Turbidity Contact angle Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) Specific surface area (SSA) Tensile strength Viscometry Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) X-ray diffraction (XRD) CHN elemental analysis Radiolabelling Flow cytometry

Substrate form Any Model substrate (e.g. pNPB, BHET, oligomers) Amorphous film Crystalline film Film (crystallinity not reported) Powder Emulsion / dispersion PHA granule Particle / microplastic Whole polymer

Sole carbon source Any Yes — plastic was the sole carbon source No — other carbon available Not stated in the paper

Oxygen Any Aerobic Anaerobic Microaerophilic Not reported

Domain Any

Kingdom Any

Phylum Any

Class Any

Order Any

Family Any

Genus Any