	US 11,654,317 B2
	Microbacterium oleivorans capable of degrading polyethylene terephthalate and intermediate thereof
Jing Wu, Wuxi (CN); Zhengfei Yan, Nanjing (CN); and Lengtao Gu, Wuxi (CN)
Assigned to JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY, Wuxi (CN)
Filed by Jiangnan University, Wuxi (CN)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/993,382.
Claims priority of application No. 201911147762.3 (CN), filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0384300 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A62D 3/02 (2007.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); A62D 101/28 (2007.01); C12R 1/01 (2006.01)

CPC A62D 3/02 (2013.01) [A62D 2101/28 (2013.01); C12N 1/205 (2021.05); C12R 2001/01 (2021.05)]

7 Claims

1. A method for degrading polyethylene terephthalate and/or an intermediate of the polyethylene terephthalate, which comprises:

inoculating Microbacterium oleivorans into a medium for cultivation,

wherein the medium comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET), an intermediate of the PET, or both;

wherein the intermediate of the PET is monohydroxyethyl terephthalate (MHET), bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET), or both; and

wherein the Microbacterium oleivorans is Microbacterium oleivorans deposited with the China Center for Type Culture Collection (CCTCC), with CCTCC deposit number M 2019416.