Isolation of bacteria able to grow on both polyethylene glycol (PEG) and polypropylene glycol (PPG) and their PEG/PPG dehydrogenases

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1407-1413

  Hu, Xiaoping ^a,b   Fukutani, Akira ^c   Liu, Xin ^a   Kimbara, Kazuhide ^a   Kawai, Fusako ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Matsumura Oil Research Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial assimilation; PEG dehydrogenase; Polyethylene gycol (PEG); Polypropylene glycol (PPG); PPG dehydrogenase; Random polymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ASSIMILATION; DEHYDROGENASE; POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL (PPG); RANDOM POLYMER OF ETHYLENE OXIDE AND PROPYLENE OXIDE;

CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; GENES; GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYPROPYLENES;

BACTERIA;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BACTERIUM; CLONE; DNA; ETHYLENE; GENE; ISOLATION EFFECT; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SPHINGOBIUM; SPHINGOMONAS SP.; SPHINGOPYXIS MACROGOLTABIDA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 33846146107     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0616-y     Document Type: Article

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