Substrate Preferences in Biodesulfurization of Diesel Range Fuels by Rhodococcus sp. Strain ECRD-1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5833-5838

  Prince, Roger C ^a   Grossman, Matthew J ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DESULFURIZATION; DIESEL FUELS; ISOMERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOCATALYTIC SYSTEM;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CARBON; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; DIESEL FUEL; FUEL OIL; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCATALYST; DESULFURIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ISOMER; RHODOCOCCUS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASOLINE; RHODOCOCCUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFUR; THIOPHENES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0142104441     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.5833-5838.2003     Document Type: Article

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