A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Science

Volumn 351, Issue 6278, 2016, Pages 1196-1199

  Yoshida, Shosuke ^a,b,e   Hiraga, Kazumi ^a   Takehana, Toshihiko ^c   Taniguchi, Ikuo ^a   Yamaji, Hironao ^a   Maeda, Yasuhito ^d   Toyohara, Kiyotsuna ^d   Miyamoto, Kenji ^b   Kimura, Yoshiharu ^a   Oda, Kohei ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ADEKA   (Japan)

^d Ecology Related Material Group Innovation Research Institute   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; ENZYME; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; IDEONELLA SAKAIENSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RECYCLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IDEONELLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RECYCLING;

EID: 84960886483     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad6359     Document Type: Article

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