Schlegelella thermodepolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium that degrades poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptopropionate)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1165-1168

  Elbanna, Khaled ^a   Lütke Eversloh, Tina ^a   Van Trappen, Stefanie ^b   Mergaert, Joris ^b   Swings, Jean ^b   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; COPOLYMER; DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; DNA 16S; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONATE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); THIOESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DEGRADATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBRIVIVAX; SCHLEGELELLA THERMODEPOLYMERANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HEAT; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYESTERS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RUBRIVIVAX; SCHLEGELELLA; SCHLEGELELLA THERMODEPOLYMERANS;

EID: 0042311049     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02562-0     Document Type: Article

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