Microbial Degradation of Disodium Terephthalate by Alkaliphilic Dietzia sp. Strain GS-1

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  An alkaliphilic Dietzia sp., strain GS-1, which degraded disodium terephthalate (DT), was isolated from soil. Strain GS-1 degraded 19.3 mM of DT in 168 h at pH 10. The maximum degradation velocity was 0.46 mM/h. The resting cells efficiently degraded 28.7 mM of DT in 51 h at 28°C and pH 10. The degradation velocity was 0.41 mM/(h g-wet cell).