Optimization of trichloroethylene degradation using soluble methane monooxygenase of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b expressed in recombinant bacteria

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-359

  Jahng, Deokjin ^a   Kim, Craig S ^b   Hanson, Richard S ^c   Wood, Thomas K ^b  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

methane monooxygenase; Methylosinus trichosporium; trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COLIFORM BACTERIA; ETHYLENE; GROWTH KINETICS; METHANE; OPTIMIZATION;

METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; RECOMBINANT BACTERIA; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL GROWTH; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030570841     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960805)51:3<349::AID-BIT10>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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