“…Polylactic acid-degrading ability in microorganisms are not widely distributed as PLA degraders are less discovered than other types of plastic degrading microorganisms (Nishida and Tokiwa, 1993;Pranamuda et al, 1997;Suyama et al, 1998;Tokiwa et al, 2009). Actinobacteria are among the few microorganisms with potential for PLA degradation (Jarerat et al, 2002Sukkhum et al, 2009aSukkhum et al, ,b, 2011Sukkhum et al, , 2012Chomchoei et al, 2011;Konkit et al, 2012;Penkhrue et al, 2015Penkhrue et al, , 2018Panyachanakul et al, 2017Panyachanakul et al, , 2019. PLA-degrading actinobacteria are affiliated with 26 species in 11 genera namely Actinomadura, Amycolatopsis, Kibdelosporangium, Micromonospora, Nonomuraea, Pseudonocardia, Saccharothrix, Streptoalloteichus, Streptomyces, Thermomonospora, and Thermopolyspora ( Table 1).…”