A new Nocardiopsis species that degrades polylactic acid (PLA) was isolated from pig dung-based compost from a municipal composting facility in Japan. To obtain strains capable of efficient PLA degradation, the effect of non-enzymatic degradation of PLA was minimized by maintaining the temperature at or below 37 °C. Screening 15 animal waste-based compost samples, consisting of pig dung, cow dung, horse dung, or chicken droppings, revealed that compost derived from pig dung was most efficient for degradation of PLA films. Hence, pig waste-based compost was used to isolate PLA-degrading microorganisms by screening for PLA-degrading microorganisms in compost using an agar plate-based method in which an emulsifier was omitted to avoid selecting strains that assimilated the emulsifier instead of PLA in the medium. Repeated enrichment obtained six strains. The one that exhibited stable PLA degradation on agar plates was subjected to genomic analysis and identified as Nocardiopsis chromatogenes, an actinomycete.
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