Diversity in butane monooxygenases among butane-grown bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4586-4593

  Hamamura, Natsuko ^a   Storfa, Ryan T ^a   Semprini, Lewis ^b   Arp, Daniel J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUTANE; BUTANOL; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; METHANE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PSEUDOMONAS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS BUTANOVORA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032832635     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4586-4593.1999     Document Type: Article

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