Peculiarities of PHA granules preparation and PHA depolymerase activity determination

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1186-1196

  Jendrossek, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denatured and artificial PHB; Intracellular PHB depolymerase; Native PHB; PHA; PHB; PHB depolymerase products

Indexed keywords

DENATURED AND ARTIFICIAL PHB; INTRACELLULAR PHB DEPOLYMERASE; NATIVE PHB; PHB DEPOLYMERASE PRODUCTS;

BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ENCODING; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALKANOIC ACID; ENZYME; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; OLEIC ACID; POLY(3 HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID); POLY(3 HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID)DEPOLYMERASE; POLYMER; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; SUBSTRATE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CENTRIFUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PAUCIMONAS LEMOIGNEI; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHESIS; TURBIDITY; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; POLYESTERS;

EID: 34247609332     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-0860-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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