Acetylene degradation by new isolates of aerobic bacteria and comparison of acetylene hydratase enzymes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-180

  Rosner, Bettina M ^a   Rainey, Frederick A ^b   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^b   Schink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

acetylene degradation; acetylene hydratase; Gordona; Pelobacter acetylenicus; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL;

ACETYLENE; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; HYDRO-LYASES; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030972337     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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