Polyester‐degrading ability of actinomycetes obtained from culture collections was investigated by the formation of clear zones on polyester‐emulsified agar plates. Using 41 genera (43 strains) of actinomycetes with phylogenetic affiliations based on 16S rRNA sequences, poly(L‐lactide) (PLA)‐degraders were found to be limited to members of family Pseudonocardiaceae and related genera. On the other hand, poly(β‐hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)‐, polycaprolactone (PCL)‐, and poly(butylene succinate) (PBS)‐degraders were widely distributed in many families.
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Tokiwa et al. (2003) studied this question.