Characterization of the polyurethanolytic activity of two Alicycliphilus sp. strains able to degrade polyurethane and N-methylpyrrolidone

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6214-6223

  Oceguera Cervantes, Alejandro ^a   Carrillo García, Agustín ^a   López, Néstor ^a   Bolaños Nuñez, Sandra ^a   Cruz Gómez, M Javier ^a   Wacher, Carmen ^a   Loza Tavera, Herminia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYURETHANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALICYCLIPHILUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MINIMAL MEDIUM (MM); POLYURETHANOLYTIC ACTIVITY;

BACTERIA;

2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; ESTERASE; N METHYLPYRROLIDONE; POLYURETHAN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALICYCLIPHILUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBON SOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ALICYCLIPHILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35148897189     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01230-07     Document Type: Article

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