Microorganisms were isolated that transform 35-mesh automobile tire carcasses, utilizing water-soluble oils in the tire particle as a carbon source, while concomitantly oxidizing the styrene-butadiene copolymer of the insoluble substrate by co-metabolism. The product behaved as a cationic exchanger.
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