Mixed pollutant degradation by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b expressing either soluble or particulate methane monooxygenase: Can the tortoise beat the hare

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7503-7509

  Lee, Sung Woo ^a   Keeney, David R ^a   Lim, Dong Hee ^a   Dispirito, Alan A ^b   Semrau, Jeremy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYMES; HALOGENATION; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; POLLUTION; SUBSTRATES;

METHANE MONOOXYGENASE (MMO); METHANOTROPHS; POLLUTANT DEGRADATION;

BIOREMEDIATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; METHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; METHANE; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; OXYGENASES; SOLUBILITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM;

EID: 33845531329     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01604-06     Document Type: Article

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