Comparison of the substrate specificity of the two bacterial desulfurization systems

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1863-1867

  Konishi, Jin ^a   Okada, Hideki ^a   Hirasawa, Kazuaki ^a   Ishii, Yoshitaka ^b   Maruhashi, Kenji ^a  

^a Japan Cooperation Center   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkylated benzothiophene; Alkylated dibenzothiophene; Desulfurization; Paenibacillus; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAENIBACILLUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 0036854520     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020957516297     Document Type: Article

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