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*The fungus ''[[Aspergillus fumigatus]]'' effectively degrades plasticized PVC.<ref name="Ishtiaq_2011">{{cite thesis |type=Ph.D. |url=http://prr.hec.gov.pk/Thesis/3362H.pdf |vauthors=Ishtiaq AM |title=Microbial Degradation of Polyvinyl Chloride Plastics |publisher=Quaid-i-Azam University |location=Islamabad |year=2011 |pages= |access-date=December 23, 2013 |archive-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224083944/http://prr.hec.gov.pk/Thesis/3362H.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|45–46}} ''[[Phanerochaete chrysosporium]]'' has been grown on PVC in a mineral salt agar.<ref name="Ishtiaq_2011" />{{rp|76}}</ref> ''P. chrysosporium'', ''[[Lentinus tigrinus]]'', ''[[Aspergillus niger|A. niger]]'', and ''[[Aspergillus sydowii|A. sydowii]]'' can also effectively degrade PVC.<ref name="Ishtiaq_2011" />{{rp|122}}
*Phenol-formaldehyde, commonly known as Bakelite, is degraded by the white rot fungus ''P. chrysosporium''.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gusse AC, Miller PD, Volk TJ | title = White-rot fungi demonstrate first biodegradation of phenolic resin | journal = Environmental Science & Technology | volume = 40 | issue = 13 | pages = 4196–9 | date = July 2006 | pmid = 16856735 | doi = 10.1021/es060408h | bibcode = 2006EnST...40.4196G }}</ref>
*''[[Acinetobacter]]'' has been found to partially degrade low-molecular-weight polyethylene [[oligomers]].<ref name="pmid19865515">{{cite journal | vauthors = Tokiwa Y, Calabia BP, Ugwu CU, Aiba S | title = Biodegradability of plastics | journal = International Journal of Molecular Sciences | volume = 10 | issue = 9 | pages = 3722–42 | date = August 2009 | pmid = 19865515 | pmc = 2769161 | doi = 10.3390/ijms10093722 | doi-access = free | author-link = Yutaka Tokiwa }}</ref> When used in combination, ''[[Pseudomonas fluorescens]]'' and ''[[Sphingomonas]]'' can degrade over 40% of the weight of plastic bags in less than three months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://woohooreport.com/2009/09/wci-student-isolates-microbe-that-lunches-on-plastic-bags/|publisher=The Record.com|title=CanadaWorld – WCI student isolates microbe that lunches on plastic bags|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718081923/http://woohooreport.com/2009/09/wci-student-isolates-microbe-that-lunches-on-plastic-bags/|archive-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref> The thermophilic bacterium ''[[Brevibacillus borstelensis]]'' (strain 707) was isolated from a soil sample and found capable of using low-density [[polyethylene]] as a sole carbon source when incubated at 50 °C. Pre-exposure of the plastic to ultraviolet radiation broke chemical bonds and aided biodegradation; the longer the period of UV exposure, the greater the promotion of the degradation.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hadad D, Geresh S, Sivan A | title = Biodegradation of polyethylene by the thermophilic bacterium Brevibacillus borstelensis | journal = Journal of Applied Microbiology | volume = 98 | issue = 5 | pages = 1093–100 | date = 2005 | pmid = 15836478 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02553.x | s2cid = 2977246 | doi-access =
*Hazardous molds have been found aboard space stations that degrade rubber into a digestible form.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2007/11may_locad3/| vauthors = Bell TE |year=2007|title=Preventing "Sick" Spaceships }}</ref>
*Several species of yeasts, bacteria, algae and lichens have been found growing on synthetic polymer artifacts in museums and at archaeological sites.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Cappitelli F, Sorlini C | title = Microorganisms attack synthetic polymers in items representing our cultural heritage | journal = Applied and Environmental Microbiology | volume = 74 | issue = 3 | pages = 564–9 | date = February 2008 | pmid = 18065627 | pmc = 2227722 | doi = 10.1128/AEM.01768-07 | bibcode = 2008ApEnM..74..564C }}</ref>
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