Brevibacillus borstelensis
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B. borstelensis
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Brevibacillus borstelensis is a Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacterium of the genus Brevibacillus. The genome of several B. borstelensis strains have been sequenced.[3]
B. borstelensis strain 707 is a thermophilic strain capable of degrading and utilizing polyethylene as its sole source of carbon.[4] This strain was shown to reduce the amount of polyethylene by 30% (30 days at 50 °C) and demonstrates that non-degradable plastics like polyethylene can be degraded under appropriate conditions.
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