Biodegradation of phytane (2,6,10,14-tetramethylhexadecane) and accumulation of related isoprenoid wax esters by Mycobacterium ratisbonense strain SD4 under nitrogen-starved conditions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-228

  Silva, Roxana A ^a   Grossi, Vincent ^b,c,d   Alvarez, Héctor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Isoprenoid wax esters; Mycobacterium ratisbonense; Nitrogen starvation; Phytane metabolism

Indexed keywords

2,6,10,14 TETRAMETHYLHEXADECANE; HEXADECANE; HYDROCARBON; ISOPRENOID; NITROGEN; PHYTANE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM RATISBONENSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DITERPENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TERPENES; WAXES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM RATISBONENSE;

EID: 34447520453     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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