Utilization of acetonitrile and other alipathic nitriles by a Candida famata strain

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-71

  Linardi, Valter R ^a   Dias, João C T ^a   Rosa, Carlos A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

acetonitrile; amidase; amide; Candida famata; nitrile; nitrile hydratase

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AMIDASE; AMIDE; NITRILE; NITRILE HYDRATASE; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; AMMONIA; GOLD;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROLYSIS; MINING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

CANDIDA; DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII;

ACETONITRILES; AMMONIA; CANDIDA; GOLD; MINING; NITRILES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030587625     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00340-0     Document Type: Article

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