Mangrove Rhizosphere Microflora in Polythene Biodegradation

Mangrove rhizosphere now days are seen to play a very important role in the degradation of polythene. Polythene – a versatile manmade synthetic material, play a both useful and harmful role in our day to day life. Being non biodegradable it affects the soil as well as the marine organisms. Many of the polythene degrading micro flora including bacteria like Rhodococcus ruber, Moraxella sp., Streptococcus sp., Staphylococcus sp., etc. along with some fungal species, heterotrophic bacteria, gram positive and gram negative bacteria has been identified today. This review mainly focuses on the works done on some of these mangrove rhizosphere microbes and their activities that contributes to polythene degradation which can create a positive impact on our environment.