Selectivity among organic sulfur compounds in one- and two-liquid-phase cultures of Rhodococcus sp. strain JVH1

Biodegradation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-480

  Kirkwood, Kathlyn M ^a   Foght, Julia M ^a   Gray, Murray R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitive inhibition; Crude oil; Heptamethylnonane; Organosulfur compounds; Partitioning; Substrate selectivity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GROWTH KINETICS; PARAFFINS;

COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; HEPTAMETHYLNONANE; ORGANOSULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATE SELECTIVITY;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SULFATE;

BACTERIA; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GROWTH KINETICS; PARAFFINS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; INHIBITION; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; PARTITIONING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; RHODOCOCCUS;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RHODOCOCCUS; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 34447102057     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-006-9080-8     Document Type: Article

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