Isolated from the natural microbial community on plastic debris- 'plastisphere' which was placed in situ in Bohai Bay (Tianjin, China, coordinates: 38 deg 59 min 07 sec N, 117 deg 42 min 42 sec E) for 20 months.
Exploring the potential of a new marine bacterium associated with plastisphere to metabolize dibutyl phthalate and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate by enrichment cultures combined with multi-omics analysis.
