Cometabolism of Methyl tertiary Butyl Ether and Gaseous n-Alkanes by Pseudomonas mendocina KR-1 Grown on C5 to C8 n-Alkanes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7385-7394

  Smith, Christy A ^a   O'Reilly, Kirk T ^b   Hyman, Michael R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; ETHERS; GROWTH KINETICS; OXIDATION; PROPANE; TOLUENE;

METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER (MTBE); TERTIARY BUTYL ALCOHOLS (TBA);

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKANE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; ENZYME; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; PENTANE; PROPANE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEALKYLATION; GAS; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA;

ALKANES; CULTURE MEDIA; KINETICS; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2142800086     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7385-7394.2003     Document Type: Article

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