inkorrekt
Member (Idle past 6109 days) Posts: 382 From: Westminster,CO, USA Joined: 02-04-2006
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Message 24 of 27 (305118)
04-18-2006 11:45 PM
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Reply to: Message 20 by Black
04-17-2004 3:23 PM
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Nylon is a polyamide
The basic elements of nylon are the peptide bonds CO-NH-CO-NH which are also present in all the proteins. So, the nylon digesting bacteria have a protease enzyme which breaks the peptide bonds in nylon.
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