Isolation of a unique benzothiophene-desulphurizing bacterium, Gordona sp. strain 213E (NCIMB 40816), and characterization of the desulphurization pathway

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2545-2553

  Gilbert, Steven C ^a   Morton, John ^a   Buchanan, Sheena ^a   Oldfield, Christopher ^a   McRoberts, Andrew ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzothiophene; Clean fuels; Desulphurizing enzymes; Gordona sp.; Rhodococcus sp.

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIOPHENE; FRUCTOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESULFURIZATION; GORDONA; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORDONA; GORDONIA (ACTINOMYCETE); GORDONIA SP.; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0031715972     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-9-2545     Document Type: Article

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