Microbial desulfurization of organic sulfur compounds in petroleum

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Ohshiro, Takashi ^a   Izumi, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desulfurization; Dibenzothiophene; Monooxygenase; Petroleum; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; PETROLEUM; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; PETROLEUM; RHODOCOCCUS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 0032611385     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1     Document Type: Article

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