Production of wax esters during aerobic growth of marine bacteria on isoprenoid compounds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 221-230

  Rontani, Jean Francois ^a   Bonin, Patricia C ^a   Volkman, John K ^b  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,10,14 TRIMETHYLPENTADECAN 2 ONE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ESTER; ISOPRENOID; PHYTOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HYDROGENATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PSEUDOMONAS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MARINOBACTER SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS NAUTICA;

EID: 0032960487     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.221-230.1999     Document Type: Article

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