Degradation of fuel oxygenates and their main intermediates by Aquincola tertiaricarbonis L108

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1414-1421

  Müller, Roland H ^a   Rohwerder, Thore ^b   Harms, Hauke ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BIOFUEL; CARBON; ETHER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE; SUCCINIC ACID; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL ETHYL ETHER; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; 2 HYDROXY 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; 2 METHYL 2 BUTANOL; 2-HYDROXYISOBUTYRIC ACID; ETHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; ETHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; PENTANOL; TERT-AMYL ALCOHOL; TERTIARY AMYL METHYL ETHER; TERTIARY-AMYL METHYL ETHER;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; AQUINCOLA TERTIARICARBONIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PH; POLLUTANT; TEMPERATURE;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHYL ETHERS; FRUCTOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; METHYL ETHERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENTANOLS; SUCCINIC ACID; TEMPERATURE; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL;

EID: 46249097758     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/014159-0     Document Type: Article

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