Submersed Culture Production of Extracellular Wax Esters by the Marine Bacterium Fundibacter jadensis

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 579-583

  Bredemeier, R ^a   Hulsch, R ^a   Metzger, J O ^a   Berthe Corti, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Extracellular metabolites; Fundibacter jadensis; Marine bacteria; Wax ester

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; OXYGEN; WAX;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OCEANOSPIRILLACEAE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALKANES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; NORTH SEA; OCEANOSPIRILLACEAE; OXYGEN; WAXES;

ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX JADENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OCEANOSPIRILLACEAE; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 1642482765     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-003-0012-x     Document Type: Article

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