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Bacterial degradation of natural rubber: a privilege of actinomycetes?
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 May 1997
Jendrossek D, Tomasi G, Kroppenstedt R M
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Using natural rubber latex as the sole source of carbon and energy 50 rubber-degrading bacteria were isolated. Out of those 50 isolates, 33 were identified as Streptomyces species and 8 as Micromonospora species. Screening of 1220 bacteria obtained from different culture collections revealed 46 a...
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