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2002) and Nocardioform actinomycetes in the presence of Gordonia mycobacterium and
Nocardia (Arenskötter et al., 2004). In the case of Gram-negative bacteria or proteobacteria,
there has been one Xanthomonas sp. strain 35Y and Pseudomonas aeruginosa AL98 (Linos et
al., 2000; Jendrossek and Reinhardt 2003).
Figure 35. Possible biodegradation pathway for cis 1,4-polyisoprene (Linos et al. 2000).
Figure 36. Biodegradation of ENR crosslinked with 9% GA at 10, 20 and 30 min of immersion time in
soil.