Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis from alcohols during the growth of Paracoccus denitrificans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 207-211

  Yamane, Tsuneo ^a   Chen, Xiang Fu ^a   Ueda, Shunsaku ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Paracoccus denitrificans; PHA; Polyhydroxyalkanoate

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; METHANOL; NITROGEN; PENTANOL; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYVALERATE); POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYESTER; PROPANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030031770     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00451-3     Document Type: Article

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