Polyethylene adipate

Polyethylene adipate (or PEA), is a pre-polymer of polyurethane often blended with other polyesters to get soft areas. A strain of Penicillium 14-3 can degrade it. Lipases from R. arrizus, R. delemar, Achromobacter sp. and Candida cylindracea; as well as an esterase from hog liver also degraded PEA.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Yutaka Tokiwa; Buenaventurada P. Calabia; Charles U. Ugwu; Seiichi Aiba (September 2009). "Biodegradability of Plastics". International Journal of Molecular Science. 9: 3722–3742. doi:10.3390/ijms10093722. PMC 2769161Freely accessible. PMID 19865515.
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