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Biodegradation of Chitosan-Gellan and Poly(L-lysine)-Gellan Polyion Complex Fibers by Pure Cultures of Soil Filamentous Fungi

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The degradation of two kinds of polyion complex (PIC) fibers, chitosan-gellan (CGF), and poly(L-lysine)-gellan (LGF) fibers, by seven species of soil filamentous fungi has been investigated. All of the pure-line soil filamentous fungi, Aspergillus oryzae, Penicillium caseicolum, P. citrinum, Mucor sp., Rhizopus sp., Curvularia sp., and Cladosporium sp. grew on the two fiber materials. Microscopic observation of the biodegradation processes revealed that P. caseicolum on the CGF and LGF grew, along with the accompanying collapse of the fiber matrices. In the biochemical oxygen-demand (BOD) test, the biodegradation of the LGF by P. caseicolum and Curvularia sp. exceeded 97% carbon dioxide generation and the biodegradation of the CGF by A. oryzae was 59%. These results might offer some clues to the applications of the PIC fibers as environmentally biodegradable materials.

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  1. Institute of High Polymer Research, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan

    Kousaku Ohkawa

  2. Institute of High Polymer Research, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan

    Masanori Yamada, Ayako Nishida & Hiroyuki Yamamoto

  3. Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, N10 W5, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan

    Norio Nishi

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Ohkawa, K., Yamada, M., Nishida, A. et al. Biodegradation of Chitosan-Gellan and Poly(L-lysine)-Gellan Polyion Complex Fibers by Pure Cultures of Soil Filamentous Fungi. Journal of Polymers and the Environment 8, 59–66 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011517903510

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