A modified method for isolating poly(vinyl alcohol)-degrading bacteria and study of their degradation patterns

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 1937-1941

  Tokiwa, Yutaka ^a   Kawabata, Goro ^b   Jarerat, Amnat ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Rakuto Kasei Industrial Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Catalase; Degradation; Modified isolation method; Poly(vinyl alcohol); Sphingomonas; Water soluble polymer

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CATALASE; OLIGOMER; PEROXIDASE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPHINGOMONAS; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POTATO VIRUS A; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0035214363     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013785817554     Document Type: Article

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