Aromatic polyester-degrading bacteria
AssigneeJeplan, Inc.
InventorsKenji Miyamoto, Yuki Kawai, Masakazu Kadoyama
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Abstract
The invention provides a microorganism that can degrade aromatic polyester or a degradation product thereof and a method for degrading aromatic polyester or a degradation product thereof with the use of such microorganism. The microorganism is a bacterial strain that degrades aromatic polyester or a degradation product such as the strain No. 2a (Accession Number: NITE BP-03483); the strain No. 7a (Accession Number: NITE BP-03484); or the strain No. 8d (Accession Number: NITE BP-03485).
Claims3
A method for degrading bis(2-hydroxyethyl)terephthalate (BHET) comprising bringing at least one of the microorganisms that degrade aromatic polyester or a degradation product thereof selected from among the 2 bacterial strains indicated below:
- (i) the Pseudarthrobacter sp. strain of the genus Pseudarthrobacter;
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- (ii) the Pseudomonas sp. strain of the genus Pseudomonas, into contact with bis(2-hydroxyethyl)terephthalate (BHET) or a degradation product thereof.
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