Polycaprolactone depolymerase produced by the bacterium Alcaligenes faecalis.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb10449.x

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Polycaprolactone depolymerase produced by the bacterium Alcaligenes faecalis.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Jul 1997

Oda Y, Oida N, Urakami T, Tonomura K

Abstract excerpt

Several microorganisms were isolated as bacteria degrading polycaprolactone (PCL), and one of them, a strain B273 identified as Alcaligenes faecalis, was selected. Because this strain produced only slight PCL depolymerase activity, the hyperproducing mutant, TS22, was isolated after UV irradiatio...

Topics

Alcaligenes
Biodegradation, Environmental
Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases
Lipase
Mutation
Polyesters
Substrate Specificity

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