Production of a polyunsaturated isoprenoid wax ester during aerobic metabolism of squalene by Marinobacter squalenivorans sp. nov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4167-4176

  Rontani, Jean François ^a   Mouzdahir, Abdelkrim ^a,c   Michotey, Valerie ^a   Caumette, Pierre ^b   Bonin, Patricia ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL BONDS; DEGRADATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WAXES;

BACTERIAL STRAINS;

ESTERS;

5,9,13 TRIMETHYLTETRADECA 4,8,12 TRIENYL 5,9,13 TRIMETHYLTETRADECA 4,8,12 TRIENOATE; AMMONIA; ESTER DERIVATIVE; POLYUNSATURATED ISOPRENOID WAX ESTER; SQUALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ISOPRENOID; MARINE SEDIMENT; METABOLISM;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL BOND; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINOBACTER SQUALENIVORANS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYNTHESIS;

AEROBIOSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SQUALENE; WAXES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER SQUALENIVORANS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0038492676     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4167-4176.2003     Document Type: Article

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