Isolation of a thermophilic bacterium degrading some nylons

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 511-514

  Tomita, Kosuke ^a   Hayashi, Norihito ^a   Ikeda, Noritoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Yumi ^a  

^a KANTO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus pallidus; Biodegradation; Nylon 12; Nylon 6; Thermophilic bacterium

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STRAIN;

THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

NYLON POLYMERS;

EID: 0038824655     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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