Victor A Roman, Bryan R Crable, Dominique N Wagner, Andrii Gryganskyi, Stephen Zelik, Logan Cummings, Chia S Hung, Lloyd J Nadeau, Lucas Schratz, Sajeet Haridas, Jasmyn Pangilinan, Anna Lipzen, Hyunsoo Na, Mi Yan, Vivian Ng, Igor V Grigoriev, Daniel Barlow, Justin Biffinger, Nancy Kelley-Loughnane, Wendy J Crookes-Goodson, Blake Stamps, Vanessa A Varaljay
Given the multitude of extracellular enzymes at their disposal, many of which are designed to degrade nature's polymers (lignin, cutin, cellulose, etc.), fungi are adept at targeting synthetic polyesters with similar chemical composition. Microbial-influenced deterioration of xenobiotic polymeric surfaces is an area of interest for material scientists as these are important for the conservation of the underlying structural materials. Here, we describe the isolation and characterization of the Papiliotrema laurentii 5307AH ( P...
April 16, 2024: Applied and Environmental Microbiology