Styrofoam is a thermoplastic with special characteristics; it is an efficient insulator, is extremely lightweight, absorbs trauma, is bacteria resistant, and is an ideal packaging material, compared to other thermoplastics. The aim of this study was to analyze the interaction between Styrofoam and . The study examined the growth of under Styrofoam stress, changes in Styrofoam functional groups, and their interactions. The research method was culture carried out in brackish water (12 mg/L salinity) for 30 days. yields were tested by FTIR and SEM-EDX and Styrofoam samples by FTIR. The results showed the highest growth rate of in cultures treated with 150 mg Styrofoam that is 0.0401 day. FTIR analysis shows that there has been a change in the functional group on Styrofoam. At a wavelength of 3400-3200 cm corresponds to the alcohol group and there was an open cyclic chain shown by the appearance of a wavelength at 1680-1600 cm assignment to alkene. SEM-EDX test results show that Styrofoam can be a resource of nutrition, especially carbon for to photosynthesize. Increased carbon content of 24.56% occurred in culture, meanwhile, Styrofoam is able to damage cells.
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