Elucidation of the metabolic pathway for dibenzothiophene desulphurization by Rhodococcus sp. strain IGTS8 (ATCC 53968)

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2961-2973

  Oldfield, Christopher ^a,d   Pogrebinsky, Olga ^a   Simmonds, Julie ^a   Olson, Edwin S ^b   Kulpa, Charles F ^c  

^a Energy BioSystems Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clean technologies; Desulphurizing enzymes; Fossil fuel desulphurization; Rhodococcus sp. strain IGTS8

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; SULFITE; SULFUR; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DESULFURIZATION; HYDROXYLATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 0030763260     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-9-2961     Document Type: Article

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