Purification and characterization of an enzyme from a strain of Ochrobactrum anthropi that degrades condensation products of urea and formaldehyde (ureaform)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1111-1117

  Jahns, Thomas ^a   Schepp, Roswitha ^a   Kaltwasser, Heinrich ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Methylenediurea deiminase; Ochrobactrum anthropi; Ureaformaldehyde

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROLASE; METHYLENEDIUREA AMIDINOHYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI;

EID: 0031423157     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-159     Document Type: Article

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