Degradation of polyesters by a novel marine Nocardiopsis aegyptia sp. nov.: Application of Plackett-Burman experimental design for the improvement of PHB depolymerase activity

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-158

  Ghanem, Nevine B ^a   Mabrouk, Mona E S ^b   Sabry, Soraya A ^a   El Badan, Dalia E S ^a  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Nocardiopsis aegyptia sp. nov.; PHB depolymerase

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON; COPOLYMER; DIPOTASSIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; GLUCONATE SODIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYESTER; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; WATER; CARBOXYLESTERASE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY BETA HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEPOLYMERASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE) CO (3 HYDROXYVALERATE); POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE)-CO-(3-HYDROXYVALERATE); POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEPOLYMERASE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NOCARDIOPSIS AEGYPTIA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ACTINOMYCETALES; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIOPSIS AEGYPTIA;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEAWATER;

EID: 25444458018     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.51.151     Document Type: Article

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