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Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum-based plastics: how far are we?

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Engineered bacterial polyester hydrolases efficiently degrade polyethylene terephthalate due to relieved product inhibition

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The Sus operon: a model system for starch uptake by the human gut Bacteroidetes

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UniProt: the universal protein knowledgebase

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

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MEGAN Community Edition - Interactive Exploration and Analysis of Large-Scale Microbiome Sequencing Data

(2016) Daniel H. Huson et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 1. Chemical and Physical Characterization and Isotopic Tests

(2015) Yu Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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Structural and functional studies on a thermostable polyethylene terephthalate degrading hydrolase from Thermobifida fusca

(2014) Christian Roth et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

A novel Ca2+-activated, thermostabilized polyesterase capable of hydrolyzing polyethylene terephthalate from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

(2014) Fusako Kawai et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Skylign: a tool for creating informative, interactive logos representing sequence alignments and profile hidden Markov models

(2014) Travis J Wheeler et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Evidence of Polyethylene Biodegradation by Bacterial Strains from the Guts of Plastic-Eating Waxworms

(2014) Jun Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fast and sensitive protein alignment using DIAMOND

(2014) Benjamin Buchfink et al.   NATURE METHODS

Functional characterization and structural modeling of synthetic polyester-degrading hydrolases from Thermomonospora curvata

(2014) Ren Wei et al.   AMB Express

Turbidimetric analysis of the enzymatic hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate nanoparticles

(2013) Ren Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Crystal structure of cutinase Est119 from Thermobifida alba AHK119 that can degrade modified polyethylene terephthalate at 1.76Å resolution

(2012) Kengo Kitadokoro et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

A New Esterase from Thermobifida halotolerans Hydrolyses Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) and Polylactic Acid (PLA)

(2012) Doris Ribitsch et al.   Polymers

Plastic Degradation and Its Environmental Implications with Special Reference to Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2012) Hayden Webb et al.   Polymers

Isolation of a Novel Cutinase Homolog with Polyethylene Terephthalate-Degrading Activity from Leaf-Branch Compost by Using a Metagenomic Approach

(2011) Sintawee Sulaiman et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biochemical and genetic analysis of a cutinase-type polyesterase from a thermophilic Thermobifida alba AHK119

(2011) Uschara Thumarat et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Enzymatic Surface Hydrolysis of PET: Effect of Structural Diversity on Kinetic Properties of Cutinases from Thermobifida

(2011) Enrique Herrero Acero et al.   MACROMOLECULES

IMG: the integrated microbial genomes database and comparative analysis system

(2011) V. M. Markowitz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Environmental and Gut Bacteroidetes: The Food Connection

(2011) François Thomas et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Diversity of polyester-degrading bacteria in compost and molecular analysis of a thermoactive esterase from Thermobifida alba AHK119

(2010) Xiaoping Hu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Insights into the Phylogeny and Metabolic Potential of a Primary Tropical Peat Swamp Forest Microbial Community by Metagenomic Analysis

(2010) Pattanop Kanokratana et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Xylan degradation, a metabolic property shared by rumen and human colonic Bacteroidetes

(2010) Dylan Dodd et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Plant biomass degradation by gut microbiomes: more of the same or something new?

(2009) Mark Morrison et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Polyethylene Terephthalate May Yield Endocrine Disruptors

(2009) Leonard Sax   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Isolation and characterization of a new alkali-thermostable lipase cloned from a metagenomic library

(2009) Catherine Meilleur et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings--entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions

(2009) M. R. Gregory   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Identification and Characterization of Bacterial Cutinase

(2008) Sheng Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY