Isolation of a Gram-positive poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)-degrading bacterium from compost, and cloning and characterization of a gene encoding PHB depolymerase of Bacillus megaterium N-18-25-9

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-159

  Takaku, Hiroaki ^a   Kimoto, Ayumi ^a   Kodaira, Shoko ^a   Nashimoto, Masayuki ^a   Takagi, Masamichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; Compost; PHB depolymerase; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHAZ GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYESTERS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33750361154     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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