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MICROORGANISM ISOLATED FROMTENEBRIO

Publication EP3587557A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

BlueReborn Inc.

Inventors

CHENG, Jinhua, SUH, Dong Eun

Abstract

The present invention provides a microorganism isolated fromTenebrio molitorlarva and having plastic degradation activity. A microorganism having plastic degradation activity according to the present invention can selectively or entirely degrade at least one plastic selected from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), and polyethylene (PE) into low-molecular weight materials in an appropriate culture condition. Therefore, the microorganism having plastic degradation activity according to the present invention may be used in a pre-treatment process for plastic recyling.

IPC Classifications

C12N 1/20 20060101AFI20201026BHEP C12R 1/07 20060101ALI20201026BHEP C12R 1/22 20060101ALI20201026BHEP C12R 1/185 20060101ALI20201026BHEP B09B 3/00 20060101ALI20201026BHEP B09B 5/00 20060101ALI20201026BHEP C02F 3/34 20060101ALI20201026BHEP C02F 101/30 20060101ALI20201026BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR