P3HB biodegradaion in soil, microbiome study
Biodegradable plastics can play an important role in solving global plastics disposal problems. Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (P3HB) is a biodegradable bacterial intracellular storage polymer with a wide usage in agriculture. P3HB and its degradation products are assumed to be non-toxic. However, previous studies suggested that its biodegradation negatively affects plant growth due to their competition with microorganisms for nutrients. A solution of this issue may hypothetically be the microbial inoculation of soil by the consortium of plant growth-promoting and N-fixing microorganisms.