Enhancement of biodesulfurization in two-liquid systems by heterogeneous expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2394-2397

  Xiong, Xiaochao ^a,b   Xing, Jianmin ^a   Li, Xin ^a,c   Bai, Xuejing ^c   Li, Wangliang ^a,b   Li, Yuguang ^a,b   Liu, Huizhou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DESULFURIZATION; GENE ENCODING; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIODESULFURIZATION; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; VITREOSCILLA HEMOGLOBIN;

HEMOGLOBIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOGLOBIN; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RECOMBINATION; SULFUR; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; DESULFURIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; VGB GENE; VITREOSCILLA; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; HEMOGLOBINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHODOCOCCUS; SULFUR; THIOPHENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; VITREOSCILLA;

EID: 34247544965     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02372-06     Document Type: Article

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