Enhanced biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates in a mutant strain of Rhizobium meliloti

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-119

  Lakshman, Kshama ^a   Shamala, Tumkur Ramachandriah ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Mutant strain; Poly(hydroxybutyrate co hydroxyvalerate) P(HB co HV); Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA); Rhizobium meliloti; Rhizobium spp

Indexed keywords

BETA HYDROXYVALERIC ACID; BETA-HYDROXYVALERIC ACID; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER; POLYMER; SUCROSE; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PLANT ROOT; QUALITY CONTROL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FABACEAE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PENTANOIC ACIDS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; QUALITY CONTROL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE;

FABACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0037273010     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021959100432     Document Type: Article

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