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Poly(aspartic acid) degradation by a Sphingomonas sp. isolated from freshwater
1Polymer Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Institute, Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|September 3, 1999
Abstract:
A poly(aspartic acid) degrading bacterium (strain KT-1 [JCM10459]) was isolated from river water and identified as a member of the genus Sphingomonas. The isolate degraded only poly(aspartic acid)s of low molecular masses (<5 kDa), while the cell extract hydrolyzed high-molecular-mass poly(aspartic acid)s of 5 to 150 kDa to yield aspartic acid monomer.