Microbial degradation of polyethers

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-38

  Kawai, F ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLAVOPROTEIN; GLYCOLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID; HYDROLYASE; MACROGOL; MACROGOL 20000; MACROGOL 400; MACROGOL 6000; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; ETHERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0036169032     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-001-0850-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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