TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolation of a thermophilic poly-L-lactide degrading bacterium from compost and its enzymatic characterization
AU - Sakai, Kenji
AU - Kawano, Hiroyuki
AU - Iwami, Akihiko
AU - Nakamura, Masakazu
AU - Moriguchi, Mitsuaki
N1 - Funding Information:
The authorsw ould like to thank Dr. Hitomi Ohara, Shimadzu Co., for his kind donationo f the PLLA film. Part of this work was financially supportedb y the Special Coordination Funds of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, of Japan.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Thermophilic poly-L-lactide-degrading bacteria were isolated from a garbage fermentor. One of the isolates, strain PL21, was identified as Bacillus smithii based on its physiological properties, sugar assimilation pattern, and partial 16S rDNA sequence. The degradation activity of poly-L-lactide exibited by the culture fluid was parallel to the esterase activity, and the purified enzyme was active against various fatty acid esters and poly-L-lactide, at 60°C and pH 5.
AB - Thermophilic poly-L-lactide-degrading bacteria were isolated from a garbage fermentor. One of the isolates, strain PL21, was identified as Bacillus smithii based on its physiological properties, sugar assimilation pattern, and partial 16S rDNA sequence. The degradation activity of poly-L-lactide exibited by the culture fluid was parallel to the esterase activity, and the purified enzyme was active against various fatty acid esters and poly-L-lactide, at 60°C and pH 5.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1389-1723(01)80266-8
DO - 10.1016/S1389-1723(01)80266-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 16233100
AN - SCOPUS:0034775971
VL - 92
SP - 298
EP - 300
JO - Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
JF - Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
SN - 1389-1723
IS - 3
ER -