Biodegradation of variable-chain-length alkanes at low temperatures by a psychrotrophic Rhodococcus sp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2578-2584

  Whyte, Lyle G ^a   Hawari, Jalal ^a   Zhou, Edward ^a   Bourbonnière, Luc ^a   Inniss, William E ^b   Greer, Charles W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE; DIESEL FUEL; DODECAN 2 ONE; DODECANE; DOTRIACONTANE; HEXADECAN 2 OL; HEXADECANE; HEXADECANOL; LAURYL ALCOHOL; OCTACOSANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; GENE ISOLATION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031840829     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2578-2584.1998     Document Type: Article

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