Accumulation of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate by Rhodobacter sphaeroides on various carbon and nitrogen substrates

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-45

  Khatipov, Emir ^a,b   Miyake, Masato ^a   Miyake, Jun ^a   Asada, Yasuo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen source; Hydrogen evolution; pH dependence; Poly hydroxybutyrate accumulation; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Purple non sulfur bacterium

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); PYRUVIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0032080736     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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