Nitrile hydratase and amidase from Rhodococcus rhodochrous hydrolyze acrylic fibers and granular polyacrylonitriles

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1634-1638

  Tauber, M M ^a,b   Cavaco Paulo, A ^b   Robra, K H ^a   Gubitz G M ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMIDASE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRILE HYDRATASE; POLYACRYLONITRILE; PROPIONITRILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; RHODOCOCCUS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ACRYLONITRILE; AMIDOHYDROLASES; COLORING AGENTS; HYDRO-LYASES; HYDROLYSIS; METHYLENE BLUE; RHODOCOCCUS; TEXTILES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

ACRYLIC FIBER; ENZYMATIC TREATMENT; FIBER MODIFICATION; FIBER PROPERTY; HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 0034127002     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1634-1638.2000     Document Type: Article

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