Isolation of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)-degrading Microorganisms and Characterization of PHB-depolymerase from Arthrobacter sp. strain W6

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1191-1194

  Asano, Yasuhisa ^a   Watanabe, Sizuko ^a,b  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthrobacter sp.; PHB depolymerase; Pseudomonas alcaligenes

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY(3 HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) DEPOLYMERASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) DEPOLYMERASE; POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PH; TEMPERATURE;

ARTHROBACTER; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; POLYESTERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035349373     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1191     Document Type: Article

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