Oxidation of trichloroethylene and dimethyl sulfide by a marine methylomicrobium strain containing soluble methane monooxygenase

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1925-1931

  Fuse, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohta, Misaki ^b   Takimura, Osamu ^a   Murakami, Katsuji ^a   Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamaoka, Yukiho ^a   Oclarit, Jose M ^c   Omori, Toshio ^d  

^a Chugoku National Industrial Research Institute ^*  (Japan)

^b Towa Kagaku Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY ILIGAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulfide; Marine methanotroph; Methylomicrobium; Soluble methane monooxygenase; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE; SULFIDE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; SULFIDES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 0032174859     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1925     Document Type: Article

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