Thermotolerant actinomadura strain capable of degrading polyesters

An isolated Actinomadura sp. capable of degrading polyesters, said Actinomadura sp. comprises:

• short spores chain on the tips of aerial mycelium;
• non-motile and rod spores with a spiny surface;
• blue aerial spore mass;
• an absence of soluble pigment production;
• an ability to grow at about 25° C. to 55° C.;
• an ability to hydrolyse casein, aesculin and L-tyrosine;
• an ability to produce nitrate reductase;
• an ability utilize glucose, xylose, rhamnose, sorbitol, fructose, trehalose and lactose;
• and
• a DNA-DNA hybridization rate with Actinomadura miaoliensis BC44T-5 of at least 70%, wherein Actinomadura miaoliensis BC44T-5 is deposited with the ATCC under the accession number PTA-8409.