Regiospecific internal desaturation of aliphatic compounds by a mutant Rhodococcus strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5636-5638

  Koike, Kenzo ^a   Ara, Katsutoshi ^a   Adachi, Shigehito ^a   Takigawa, Hirofumi ^a   Mori, Hajime ^a   Inoue, Shigeo ^a   Kimura, Yoshiharu ^a   Ito, Susumu ^a  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ALKANE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; HEXADECANE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DEGRADATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032710986     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5636-5638.1999     Document Type: Article

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