Desulfurization of dibenzothiophene by Bacillus subtilis recombinants carrying dszABC and dszD genes

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1095-1100

  Ma, Ting ^a   Li, Guoqiang ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Liang, Fenglai ^a   Liu, Rulin ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Desulfurization; Dibenzothiophene; dsz genes; Rhodococcus erythropolis

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; DSZ GENES; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES; DESULFURIZATION; GENES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFUR; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOREMEDIATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RHODOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODOCOCCUS; SULFUR; THIOPHENES; TRANSFECTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 33745727085     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9056-0     Document Type: Article

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