Potential of biological agents (Pseudomonas sp.) in plastic waste biodegradation process

<em>Pseudomonas sp.</em> can degrade plastics because it has an inducible operon system that produces certain enzymes (esterase, serine, hydrolase, and lipase) in the process of carbon source metabolism. The purpose this study was to determine potential as a plastic biodegradation agent. This research method is systematic literature review which carried out by collecting, understanding, analyzing concluding many 30 national international journal articles published from 2008 2022 several search engines such Google Scholar, Ncbi, Sinta, Plos one with keywords degrading microorganisms plastic. steps were made samples be used, tested bacterial isolation, filtered bacteria, bacteria within specified time period looking at % loss before treatment. results analysis showed able around 2-19% utilizing will convert addition condensation polymers into simple molecules monomers, dimers oligomers during inventory 1-3 months. Thus, form decompose waste naturally faster than other methods does not cause adverse effects.