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Polyester-degrading thermophilic actinomycetes isolated from different environment in Taiwan

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Thermophilic actinomycetes strains were isolated from various environment in Taiwan and screened for degradation of poly(ethylene succinate) (PES), poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and/or poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) by the clear-zone method. Out of 341 strains of thermophilic actinomycetes, 105 isolates were PHB-degraders (30.8%), 198 isolates were PCL-decomposers (58.1%), and 99 isolates could degrade PES (29.0%). Furthermore, 77 isolates could degrade both PHB and PCL (22.6%), 35 isolates could degrade both PHB and PES (10.3%), 81 isolates could degrade both PES and PCL (23.8%) and 31 isolates could degrade the three polyesters used in this study (9.1%). Base on the morphological and chemical characteristics, these 31 isolates belonging to Actinomadura (12.9%), Microbispora (25.8%), Streptomyces (48.4%), Thermoactinomyces (9.7%) and Saccharomonospora genus (3.22%).

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Abbreviations

PES:

polyethylene succinate

PCL:

poly(ε-carpolactone)

PHB:

poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

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This research was supported partially by the Ta-Hwa Institute of Technology and Ministry of Economic Affairs, R. O. C. (project no. 93-EC-17-A-17-R7-0525). We also thank Mr. J. H. Chiou and Mr. Y. K. Lin for assistance in samples collection.

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  1. Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Food Industry Research and Development Institute, 331, Shih-Ping Rd., Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan, ROC

    Min Tseng, Shu-Feng Yang & Wen Shen Chu

  2. Department of Chemical and Material Engineering, Ta-Hwa Institute of Technology, 1, Ta-Hwa Road, Chiung-Lin, Hsinchu, 30743, Taiwan, ROC

    Kim-Chi Hoang

  3. Department of Life Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, 510 Chun Cheng Rd. Hsinchuang, Taipei, 242, Taiwan, ROC

    Mei-Kwei Yang

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Tseng, M., Hoang, KC., Yang, MK. et al. Polyester-degrading thermophilic actinomycetes isolated from different environment in Taiwan. Biodegradation 18, 579–583 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-006-9089-z

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