Degradation of benzene, toluene and xylene by Pseudomonas aeruginosa engineered with the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-368

  Kahraman, H ^a   Geckil, H ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; HEMOGLOBIN; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AGITATION; CELL MASS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VITREOSCILLA HEMOGLOBIN GENE;

BIODEGRADATION;

BENZENE; HEMOGLOBIN; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

DEGRADATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITREOSCILLA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VITREOSCILLA;

EID: 25444493886     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200520088     Document Type: Article

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