Application of whole cell rhodococcal biocatalysts in acrylic polymer manufacture

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 107-118

  Hughes, Jonathan ^a   Armitage, Yvonne C ^a   Symes, Kenneth C ^a  

^a Allied Colloids Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amidase; Biocatalyst; Bioreactor; Nitrilase; Polyacrylamide; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLIC ACID; ACRYLONITRILE; AMIDASE; AMIDE; DISPERSANT; NITRILASE; NITRILE; NITRILE HYDRATASE; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER; SCAVENGER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DEGRADATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RHODOCOCCUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACRYLIC RESINS; AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINOHYDROLASES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLYMERS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032468412     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001716332272     Document Type: Article

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