Characterization of a new Pseudomonas isolate, capable of accumulating polyesters of medium chain length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-63

  Schroll, Gerhard ^a   Denner, Ewald B M ^a   Rölleke, Sabine ^a   Lubitz, Werner ^a   Busse, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

3 OH Butyric acid; Copolymers; Fatty acid profile; Medium chain length PHAs; Partial 16S rDNA analysis; Polyamines; Pseudomonas; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; COPOLYMER; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYESTER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0030572375     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(96)01378-8     Document Type: Article

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