Genetic engineering to contain the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene enhances degradation of benzoic acid by Xanthomonas maltophilia

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-105

  Liu, Shie Chau ^a   Webster, Dale A ^a   Wei, Mei Ling ^a   Stark, Benjamin C ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

benzoic acid; genetic engineering; Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene; Xanthomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; DEGRADATION; GENES; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEINS;

BENZOIC ACID; BIOREMEDIATORS; GENE ENCODING; LOG PHASE CELL; PLASMIDS; VITREOSCILLA HEMOGLOBIN; XANTHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BENZOIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030569740     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960105)49:1<101::AID-BIT13>3.3.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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