Microplastics in the diet of Hermetia illucens : Implications for development and midgut bacterial and fungal microbiota

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Veröffentlicht in:Waste management (New York, N.Y.). - 1999. - 186(2024) vom: 15. Juli, Seite 259-270
1. Verfasser: Piersanti, Silvana (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Rebora, Manuela, Turchetti, Benedetta, Salerno, Gianandrea, Ruscetta, Mario, Zucconi, Laura, D'Alò, Federica, Buzzini, Pietro, Sannino, Ciro
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article 16S Bioconversion Black soldier flies DNA-barcoding ITS OFMSU (organic fraction of municipal solid waste) Ultrastructure Microplastics Polyvinyl Chloride 9002-86-2
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Zusammenfassung:Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
In a world with a population exceeding 8 billion people and continuing to grow, pollution from food and plastic waste is causing long-term issues in ecosystems. Potential solutions may be found by exploiting insect-based bioconversion. In this context, we investigated the impact of polyvinyl chloride microparticles (PVC-MPs) on the development of Hermetia illucens (black soldier fly; BSF) and its midgut bacterial and fungal microbiota. The impact of PVC-MPs was evaluated feeding BSF larvae with a PVC-MPs-supplemented diet. The larvae exposed to different PVC-MPs concentrations (2.5%, 5%, 10% and 20% w/w) developed into adults with no significant increase in pupal mortality. Faster development and smaller pupae were observed when 20% PVC-MPs was provided. The BSF larvae ingest PVC-MPs, resulting in a reduction in MPs size. Larvae exposed to PVC-MPs did not exhibit differences in gut morphology. Regarding the impact of PVC-MPs on the structure of both bacterial and fungal communities, the overall alpha- and beta-diversity did not exhibit significant changes. However, the presence of PVC-MPs significantly affected the relative abundances of Enterobacteriaceae and Paenibacillaceae among the bacteria and of Dipodascaceae and Plectospharellaceae among the fungi (including yeast and filamentous life forms), suggesting that PVC-MP contamination has a taxa-dependent impact. These results indicate that BSF larvae can tolerate PVC-MPs in their diet, supporting the potential use of these insects in organic waste management, even in the presence of high levels of PVC-MP contamination
Beschreibung:Date Completed 10.07.2024
Date Revised 10.07.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1879-2456
DOI:10.1016/j.wasman.2024.06.021