Polylactide degradation by an Amycolatopsis sp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1637-1640

  Pranamuda, Hardaning ^a   Tokiwa, Yutaka ^b   Tanaka, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; SOIL;

AMYCOLATOPSIS; AMYCOLATOPSIS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031002326     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1637-1640.1997     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Ebeling, W., N. Hennrich, M. Klockow, H. Metz, H. D. Orth, and H. Lang. 1974. Proteinase K from Tritirachium album limber. Eur. J. Biochem. 47:91-97.
2. Fukuzaki, H., M. Yoshida, M. Asano, and M. Kumakura. 1989. Synthesis of copoly(D,L-lactic acid) with relatively low molecular weight and in vitro degradation. Eur. Polym. J. 25:1019-1026.
3. 2a. Holt, J. G., et al. (ed.). 1993. Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology, 9th ed., p. 2344-2467. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Md.
4. Leenslag, J. W., A. J. Pennings, et al. 1987. Resorbable materials of poly(L-lactide). Biomaterials 8:311-314.
5. Nishida, H., and Y. Tokiwa. 1993. Distribution of poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(ε-caprolactone) aerobic degrading microorganisms in different environments. J. Environ. Polym. Degrad. 1:227-233.
6. Pennings, J. P., H. Dijkstra, and A. J. Pennings. 1993. Preparation and properties of absorbable fibres from L-lactide copolymers. Polymer 34:942-951.
7. Pranamuda, H., Y. Tokiwa, and H. Tanaka. 1995. Microbial degradation of an aliphatic polyester with a high melting point, poly(tetramethylene succinate). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1828-1832.
8. Reeve, M. S., S. P. McCarthy, and R. A. Gross. 1994. Polylactide stereochemistry: effect on enzymatic degradability. Macromolecules 27:825-831.
9. Vert, M., and F. Chabot. 1981. Stereoregular hioresorbable polyesters for orthopaedic surgery. Makromol. Chem. Suppl. 5:30-41.
10. Vert, M., A. Torres, S. M. Li, S. Roussob, and H. Garreau. 1994. The complexity of the biodegradation of poly(2-hydroxy acid)-type aliphatic polyesters, p. 11-23. In Y. Doi and K. Fukuda (ed.), Biodegradable plastics and polymers. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
11. Williams, D. F. 1982. Review, biodegradation of surgical polymers. J. Mater. Sci. 17:1233-1246.
12. Williams, D. F. 1981. Enzymic hydrolysis of polylactic acid. Eng. Med. 10: 5-7.