Biodegradation of polyurethane: A review

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-252

  Howard, Gary T ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Esterase; Polyurethanase; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIODEGRADATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYMES; LAND FILL; MICROORGANISMS; PLASTICS; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS;

LANDFILL SITES;

POLYURETHANES;

ESTER; ESTERASE; ISOCYANATE; PETROLEUM; PLASTIC; POLYISOCYANIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYOL; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIODEGRADATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; LANDFILL; MATERIALS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROORGANISM; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SYNTHESIS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADABILITY; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMER PROPERTY; POLYURETHANE;

EID: 0036275940     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-8305(02)00051-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (54)

1. Purification and properties of a polyester polyurethane-degrading enzyme from Comamonas acidovorans TB-35
2. Purification and characterization of a soluble polyurethane degrading enzyme from Comamonas acidovorans
3. Physical property analysis and bacterial adhesion on a series of phosphonated polyurethanes
4. Polyurethanes
5. Organization and distribution of the cellulosome in Clostridium thermocellum
6. Adhesion and growth of a Bacillus sp. on a polyesterurethane
7. Purification and biochemical evaluation of polyurethane degrading enzymes of fungal origin
8. Biodegradation of a colloidal ester-based polyurethane by soil fungi
9. Fungal susceptibility of polyurethanes
10. Biodeterioration of polyester-based polyurethane
11. Decomposition of polyurethane in a garbage landfill leakage water and by soil microorganisms
12. Effect of limited trypic modifications of a bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase on its catalytic activity
13. Synthetic polymers and the living environment
14. Biodegradation of polyurethane coatings by hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria
15. Fibronectin type III-like sequences and a new domain type in prokaryotic depolymerases with insoluble substrates
16. A review of organic coating technology for U.S. naval aircraft
17. Artificial leathers
18. Growth of Pseudomonas fluorescens on a polyester-polyurethane and the purification and characterization of a polyurethanase-protease enzyme
19. Use of Coomassie blue-polyurethane interaction in screening of polyurethanase proteins and polyurethanolytie bacteria
20. Biodegradation of polyurethanes derived from polyeaprolactonediols
21. Biodegradable polymers poly(amide-urethanes)
22. Fungus resistance of millable urethanes
23. Microbial deterioration of polyurethane systems
24. Chemical and physical changes occurring in polyester polyurethane during biodegradation
25. Bacterial degradation of polyester polyurethane
26. Breakdown of plastics and polymers by microorganisms
27. Cellulase families and their genes
28. Elastase-induced hydrolysis of synthetic solid substrates: Poly(ester-urea-urethane) and poly(ether-urea-urethane)
29. Glycosylation of bacterial cellulases prevents proteolytic cleavage between functional domains
30. Degradation of a poly(ether-urethane-urea) elastomer: Infra-red and XPS studies
31. Biodegradability of biomedical polymers
32. Isolation and characterization of a bacterium which utilizes polyester polyurethane as a sole carbon and nitrogen source
33. Determination of the polyester polyurethane breakdown products and distribution of the polyurethane degrading enzyme of Comamonas acidovorans stain TB-35
34. Hydrolytic stability of urethane elastomers
35. Gliocladium roseum (Bainier). A potential biodeteriogen of polyester polyurethane elastomers
36. Biodegradation of a polyurethane in vitro
37. Marine paint makers strive to meet environmental concerns
38. Growth of Pseudomonas chlororaphis on a polyester-polyurethane and tile purification and characterization of a polyurethanse-esterase enzyme
39. Purification and characterization of two polyurethanse enzymes from Pseudomonas chlororaphis
40. The effect of hard segment size on the hydrolytic stability of polyether-urea-urethanes when exposed to cholesterol esterase
41. Enzyme-biomaterial interactions: Effect of biosystem on degradation of polyurethanes
42. Biodegradation evaluation of polyether and polyester-urethanes with oxidative and hydrolytic enzymes
43. Cloning of the gene for poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) depolymerase of Comamonas testosteroni and functional analysis of its substrate-binding domain
44. Application of macromolecular additives to reduce the hydrolytic degradation of polyurethanes by lysosomal enzymes
45. Polyurethane
46. Limited proteolysis of the cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei
47. Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a polyurethane-degrading enzyme from Psuedomonas fluorescens
48. Mechanistic aspects of polyurethane biodeterioration