Bacterial Consortium Degradation of Diethyl Phthalate Plasticizer

Metagenomic and metaproteomic data from a study examining the cooperative degradation of the plasticizer diethyl phthalate (DEP) by a three-member bacterial consortium. The dataset, authored by Simone Bertoldi and last updated in March 2026, includes analyses of degradation pathways, intermediate metabolites, and enzyme identification. The consortium, enriched from a biofilm, was capable of mineralizing DEP at concentrations up to 4 mM.

Use Cases

• Modeling microbial cross-feeding interactions based on the described distribution of enzymatic functions among community members.
• Training classifiers to identify degradation intermediates like monoethyl phthalate and protocatechuate from analytical data.
• Analyzing metaproteomic profiles to understand enzyme expression under different carbon sources and time points as mentioned in the study.

Strengths

• Includes multi-omics data (metagenomic and metaproteomic) for pathway reconstruction.
• Specifics on DEP concentration thresholds (4 mM for activity, 6 mM for inhibition) are provided.
• Consortium members (Microbacterium sp. and two Pseudomonas spp.) are identified.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (691.2 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Simone Bertoldi

Collection Method

Data generated from laboratory experiments including UPLC analysis, metagenomic sequencing, and metaproteomic analyses of an enriched bacterial consortium.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 06:42:05