Biodegradation of cis-1,4-polyisoprene rubbers by distinct actinomycetes: Microbial strategies and detailed surface analysis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1639-1645

  Linos, Alexandros ^a   Berekaa, Mahmoud M ^a   Reichelt, Rudolf ^a   Keller, Ulrike ^a   Schmitt, Jürgen ^b,d   Flemming, Hans Curt ^b   Kroppenstedt, Reiner M ^c   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b IWW   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^d DSMZ Deutsche Sammlung M ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENOID; RNA 16S; RUBBER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; GORDONIA; MICROMONOSPORA; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BUTADIENES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEMITERPENES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENTANES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUBBER; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORDONIA SP.; MICROMONOSPORA; MICROMONOSPORA AURANTIACA; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034111150     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1639-1645.2000     Document Type: Article

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