Identification of 5-hydroxyhexanoic acid, 4-hydroxyheptanoic acid and 4-hydroxyoctanoic acid as new constituents of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoic acids

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-267

  Valentin, H E ^a   Schonebaum A ^b   Steinbuchel A ^c  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0029906519     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050814     Document Type: Article

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