Skip to main content
. 2005 Nov;71(11):7548–7550. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7548-7550.2005

TABLE 2.

Hydrolysis of biodegradable plastics by CLE from Cryptococcus sp. strain S-2, commercial lipases, and a serine protease

Enzyme Hydrolysis of plasticsa
PLA PBS PCL
CLE from Cryptococcus sp. strain S-2 + + +
Lipases
    Rhizopus oryzae +
    Burkholderia sp. +
    Penicillium roqueforti
    Mucor javanicus
    Aspergillus niger
    Candida rugosa
    Candida antarctica
Serine protease from Tritirachium album +
a

+, degraded; −, not degraded.