title: Phylogenetic affiliation of soil bacteria that degrade aliphatic polyesters available commercially as biodegradable plastics.
abstract: Thirty-nine morphologically different soil bacteria capable of degrading poly(beta-hydroxyalkanoate), poly(epsilon-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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan. sutet@nibh.go.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokiwa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ouichanpagdee
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamagata
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010969:Plastics; D011091:Polyesters / Q000378:metabolism*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D010969:Plastics; D011091:Polyesters; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S