Thermonospora fusca

Index Entries Thermonospora fusca Cel9A cellulases protein engineering computer modeling. 

Individual strains that are able to degrade aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters synthesized from 1,4-butanediol, adipic acid, and terephthalic acid were isolated by using compost as a microbial source [92]. Among these microorganisms, thermophilic actinonycetes dominate the initial degradation step. Two actinomycete strains identified as Thermonospora fusca exhibited high copolyester degradation rates. 

Kleeberg I., Hetz C., Kroppenstedt R.M., Muller R.-X, Deckwer W-D. Biodegradation of aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters by Thermonospora fusca and other thermophilic compost isolates, Appl Environ. Microbiol. 64 (1998) 1731. 

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