Anaerobic transformation of alkanes to fatty acids by a sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain Hxd3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3892-3900

  So, Chi Ming ^a   Phelps, Craig D ^a   Young, L Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ANAEROBIC TRANSFORMATION;

MICROORGANISMS;

ALKANE; BICARBONATE; CARBON 13; DEUTERIUM; FATTY ACID; HEXADECANE; SULFATE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ALKANES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BICARBONATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACIDS; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037479784     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.3892-3900.2003     Document Type: Article

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