Purification and properties of an esterase from Aspergillus nomius HS-1 degrading ethylene glycol dibenzoate

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-127

  Uchida, Hiroyuki ^a   Kurakata, Yuuma ^a   Sawamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Inamura, Norio ^a   Kotani, Tomohiro ^a   Uwajima, Takayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nomius; Degradation; Esterase; Ethyl benzoate; Ethylene glycol benzoate

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL ENZYME; RIBOSOME DNA; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; CARBON SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; NOMIUS;

EID: 0037532409     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00353-7     Document Type: Article

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