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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 1998, p. 5008-5011, Vol. 64, No. 12
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Phylogenetic Affiliation of Soil Bacteria That Degrade Aliphatic Polyesters Available Commercially as Biodegradable Plastics

Tetsushi Suyama,* Yutaka Tokiwa, Pornpimol Ouichanpagdee,dagger Takahiro Kanagawa, and Yoichi Kamagata

National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan

Received 1 June 1998/Accepted 6 October 1998

Thirty-nine morphologically different soil bacteria capable of degrading poly(beta -hydroxyalkanoate), poly(varepsilon -caprolactone), poly(hexamethylene carbonate), or poly(tetramethylene succinate) were isolated. Their phylogenetic positions were determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing, and all of them fell into the classes Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. Determinations of substrate utilization revealed characteristic patterns of substrate specificities.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan. Phone: 81-298-54-6591. Fax: 81-298-54-6587. E-mail: sutet{at}nibh.go.jp.

dagger Present address: Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 1998, p. 5008-5011, Vol. 64, No. 12
0099-2240/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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