Biodegradation of polyester polyurethane by endophytic fungi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6076-6084

  Russell, Jonathan R ^a   Huang, Jeffrey ^a   Anand, Pria ^a   Kucera, Kaury ^a   Sandoval, Amanda G ^a   Dantzler, Kathleen W ^a   Hickman, DaShawn ^a   Jee, Justin ^a   Kimovec, Farrah M ^a   Koppstein, David ^a   Marks, Daniel H ^a   Mittermiller, Paul A ^a   Núñez, Salvador Joel ^a   Santiago, Marina ^a   Townes, Maria A ^a   Vishnevetsky, Michael ^a   Williams, Neely E ^a   Vargas, Mario Percy Núñez ^b   Boulanger, Lori Ann ^a   Bascom Slack, Carol ^a   Strobel, Scott A ^a   more..

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BREAK DOWN; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI; LIQUID SUSPENSION; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; WASTE REDUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ESTERS; METABOLISM; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FUNGI;

CARBON; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; POLYURETHAN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GROWTH; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASTIC; POLYMER; WASTE TREATMENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RNA GENE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; GENES, RRNA; POLYURETHANES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

FUNGI; PESTALOTIOPSIS; PESTALOTIOPSIS MICROSPORA;

EID: 80052771348     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00521-11     Document Type: Article

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