Biodegradation of aliphatic polyesters soaked in deep seawaters and isolation of poly(ε-caprolactone)-degrading bacteria

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1397-1403

  Sekiguchi, Takayoshi ^a   Saika, Azusa ^a   Nomura, Koji ^b   Watanabe, Toshihiro ^c   Watanabe, Toru ^d   Fujimoto, Yu ^e   Enoki, Makiko ^a   Sato, Takako ^f   Kato, Chiaki ^f   Kanehiro, Haruyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Toyama Fisheries Experiment Station   (Japan)

^c JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Rausu Town Office   (Japan)

^e Okinawa Prefectural Deep Sea Water Research Center   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aliphatic polyester; Bacteria; Biodegradation; Deep seawater; Hydrostatic pressure; Low temperature

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ALIPHATIC POLYESTER; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BREAKING STRENGTH; CAPROLACTONE; DEEP SEA; DEEP SEAWATER; DEGRADATION RATE; DEGRADING BACTERIA; DEGRADING BEHAVIOR; GENUSES; HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYDROXYBUTYRATE; IN-VITRO; INITIAL VALUES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATERIAL STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; ESTERS; FIBERS; GENES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; RATING; RNA; SEAWATER;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 79957794570     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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