10
Table 1.2 (continued)
S. No. Polymer
Microorganisms
Experimental
period
Enzyme group
Product of degradation
Analytical
evidence
References
6.
Nylon-6
Bjerkandera adusta
60 days
Manganese
peroxidase, lignin
peroxidase
6-amino hexanoic acid,
Ɛ-caprolactam
Molecular weight
determination,
viscosity and
differential
scanning
calorimetry,
Elemental analysis,
HPLC
Friedrich et al.
(2007)
7.
Poly ethylene
terephthalate and
polyamide 6,6
Fusarium solani pisi
24–48 hours Cutinase
Terephthalic acid; amines Site directed
mutagenesis of
active site
Araújo et al.
(2007)
8.
Poly ethylene
terephthalate
Humilica insolens,
Pseudomonas
mendocina and
Fusarium solani
96 hours
Cutinase
Terephthalic acid and
ethylene glycol
Weight loss,
crystallinity,
HPLC, DSC, SEM,
Kinetic Studies
Ronkvist et al.
(2009)
9.
Polyethylene
Marine environment
40 weeks
–
–
Surface area,
tensile strength
O’Brine and
Thompson
(2010)
10.
Nylon-6
Agromyces
sp.
1 and 4 hours Nylon hydrolase
6 Aminohexanoic acid
Gas cluster
secondary ion
mass spectrometry,
X-ray
crystallography,
Circular dichroism
spectra
Negoro et al.
(2012)
11.
Polyethylene
Rhodococcus ruber
30 days
Laccase
–
FTIR- ATR, GPC,
TGA, Quantitative
PCR
Santo et al.
(2013)
A. Kumari et al.