Nitrile hydrolysis by Rhodococcus erythropolis BL1, an acetonitrile-tolerant strain isolated from a marine sediment

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-154

  Langdahl, Bjarne R ^a   Bisp, Peter ^a   Ingvorsen, Kjeld ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amidase; Marine sediments; Nitrile hydratase; Rhodococcus erythropolis; Substrate tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; ACETONITRILE; AMIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYANIDE; HYDROLYASE; NITRILE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS;

RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 0030049884     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-1-145     Document Type: Article

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