Dimethylsulfone as a growth substrate for novel methylotrophic species of Hyphomicrobium and Arthrobacter

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 425-437

  Borodina, Elena ^a   Kelly, Donovan P ^b   Rainey, Frederick A ^c   Ward Rainey, Naomi L ^c   Wood, Ann P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrobacter; Dimethylsulfone; Dimethylsulfone reductase; Hyphomicrobium; Methylotrophy; Serine pathway

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFONE; FORMALDEHYDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; HYPHOMICROBIUM; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTHROBACTER; CULTURE MEDIA; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, RRNA; HYPHOMICROBIUM; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFONES;

EID: 0034084681     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030000165     Document Type: Article

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