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BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 401-404Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022450431193
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biodegradable plastic; degradation; gelatin; poly(L-lactide); Saccharothrix waywayandensis
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Poly(L-lactide) (PLA) was degraded by more than 95 mg from 100 mg PLA film by an actinomycete, Saccharothrix waywayandensis, growing in 100 ml liquid culture containing 0.1% (w/v) gelatin. In addition to degrading PLA, this strain assimilated the major degradation product of PLA, L-lactic acid.
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