Batch cultivation of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b: V. Characterization of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production under methane-dependent growth conditions

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-171

  Shah, Nilesh N ^a   Hanna, M Leslie ^a   Taylor, Robert T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

batch culture conditions; methane monooxygenase; methanotroph; poly hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; CULTIVATION; METHANE;

BATCH CULTIVATION; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; POLY HYDROXYBUTYRATE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOPOLYMER; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; METHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; TRICHOSPORIUM;

EID: 0030034989     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960120)49:2<161::AID-BIT5>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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