Incorporation of 2-methyl-3-hydroxybutyric acid into polyhydroxyalkanoic acids by axenic cultures in defined media

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 153-160

  Füchtenbusch, Bernd ^a   Fabritius, Dirk ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 Methyl 3 hydroxybutyric acid; Alcaligenes eutrophus; Burkholderia cepacia; Polyhydroxyalkanoic acid; Tiglic acid

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 2 METHYLBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCONIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; TIGLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0039118356     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00094-8     Document Type: Article

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