Phyllosphere yeasts rapidly break down biodegradable plastics

AMB Express

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Kitamoto, Hiroko K ^a   Shinozaki, Yukiko ^a   Cao, Xiao hong ^a   Morita, Tomotake ^b   Konishi, Masaaki ^b,e   Tago, Kanako ^a   Kajiwara, Hideyuki ^c   Koitabashi, Motoo ^a   Yoshida, Shigenobu ^a   Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Sameshima Yamashita, Yuka ^a   Nakajima Kambe, Toshiaki ^d   Tsushima, Seiya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Biodegradable plastic; Phyllosphere; Pseudozyma; Yeast

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CANDIDA ANTARCTICA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOZYMA ANTARCTICA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST;

EID: 84877061975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21910855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-1-44     Document Type: Article

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