Salt-inducible bionylon polymer from Bacillus megaterium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2378-2379

  Shimizu, Kazuki ^a   Nakamura, Hisaaki ^a   Ashiuchi, Makoto ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BIONYLON POLYMER; MOLECULAR SIZE; POLY GLUTAMATE (PGA);

NYLON POLYMERS;

BIOPOLYMER; GLUTAMIC ACID; NYLON; POLYAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; POLYMER; SALT;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; NYLONS; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247476128     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02686-06     Document Type: Article

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