Biotransformation of phthalate plasticisers and bisphenol A by marine
Phthalate esters (PEs) are environmentally ubiquitous micropollutants that are used as plasticizers and additives in diverse consumer products. Considerable concern relates to their reported xenoestrogenicity and the microbial-based attenuation of environmental PE concentrations is of interest to combat harmful downstream effects. Fungal PE catabolism has received less attention than that by
Frontiers | Biotransformation of Phthalate Plasticizers and Bisphenol A
Biotransformation of Phthalate Plasticizers and Bisphenol A by Marine-Derived, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Fungi Lena Carstens 1,2, Andrew R. Cowan 1, Bettina Seiwert 3 and Dietmar Schlosser 1* 1 Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Biotransformation of Phthalate Plasticizers and Bisphenol A by Marine
Biotransformation of Phthalate Plasticizers and Bisphenol A by Marine-Derived, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Fungi Front Microbiol. 2025 Feb 28;11:317. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.00317. eCollection 2025. Authors Lena Carstens 1 2 , Andrew R Cowan 1 , Bettina Seiwert 3 , Dietmar Schlosser 1 Affiliations
Diverging trends of plasticizers (phthalates and non-phthalates)
This work aims to provide: (1) a comparison of patterns and trends of regulated and emerging plasticizers over more than a decade in indoor and freshwater systems and (2) an investigation of the possible reasons for different exposures in the two compartments.
Biotransformation of Phthalate Plasticizers and
We have compared the biocatalytic and biosorptive removal rates of di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) and diethyl phthalate (DEP), chosen to represent two environmentally prominent PEs of differing...
- Are phthalate esters xenoestrogenic?
- Phthalate esters (PEs) are environmentally ubiquitous micropollutants that are used as plasticizers and additives in diverse consumer products. Considerable concern relates to their reported xenoestrogenicity and the microbial-based attenuation of environmental PE concentrations is of interest to combat harmful downstream effects.
- Are phthalate esters endorsed by the publisher?
- Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher. Phthalate esters (PEs, Phthalates) are environmentally ubiquitous as a result of their extensive use as plasticizers and additives in diverse consumer produc...
- What are phthalate esters?
- Phthalate esters (PEs, phthalates) represent a prominent group of persistent organic micropollutants. Structurally, PEs are dialkyl or alkyl aryl esters of benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic (phthalic) acid, differing by their side chain moiety length which commands their hydrophobicity (Gao and Wen, 2016; Ren et al., 2018).
- Is phthalic acid a bacterial degradation product?
- Partial degradation yielding breakdown products such as phthalic acid (PA) or benzoate (BA), and the failure to grow on such PE-derived metabolites has also been reported for certain bacterial species (Liang et al., 2008; Gao and Wen, 2016; Ren et al., 2018). Comparatively, fungal PE degradation has received less attention.
- Do fungi contribute to biocatalytic breakdown of plastic additives?
- Due to the involvement of ecophysiologically and phylogenetically diverse filamentous and yeast-like fungi native to marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats the results of this study outline an environmentally ubiquitous pathway for the biocatalytic breakdown of plastic additives.
- Do phthalate esters occur in sediments in Qiantang River?
- Occurrence of phthalate esters in sediments in Qiantang River, China and inference with urbanization and river flow regime. J. Hazard. Mater. 24, 142–149. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.12.057 Syed, K., Nelson, D. R., Riley, R., and Yadav, J. S. (2013).
