Utilization of hydrophobic bacterium Rhodococcus opacus B-4 as whole-cell catalyst in anhydrous organic solvents

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 761-767

  Yamashita, Shiho ^a   Satoi, Masafumi ^a   Iwasa, Yoshihiro ^a   Honda, Kohsuke ^a   Sameshima, Yuka ^a   Omasa, Takeshi ^a   Kato, Junichi ^b   Ohtake, Hisao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonaqueous media; Organic solvent tolerant bacteria; Rhodococcus opacus; Whole cell catalyst

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CELL CULTURE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

NONAQUEOUS MEDIA; ORGANIC SOLVENT-TOLERANT BACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; WHOLE-CELL CATALYSTS;

BACTERIA;

OLEIC ACID; OLEYL ALCOHOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; TETRADECANE;

BACTERIUM; CATABOLISM; HYDROCARBON; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; PHTHALATE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM; BINDING AFFINITY; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; WHOLE CELL;

ALKANES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FERMENTATION; INDOLES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NAD; OLEIC ACID; RHODOCOCCUS; SOLVENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

EID: 33847275637     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0729-3     Document Type: Article

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