Methanotrophs, Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b, sMMO, and their application to bioremediation

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-373

  Sullivan, Jonathan P ^a   Dickinson, David ^a   Chase, Howard A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methanotrophs; Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b; pMMO; sMMO

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLOROFORM; COPPER; CYCLOPROPANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN B; PROTEIN C; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; HYDROXYLATION; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL TREATMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; TRICHOSPORIUM;

EID: 0032432107     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408419891294217     Document Type: Review

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