Studies on the biodegradability of polythioester copolymers and homopolymers by polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-degrading bacteria and PHA depolymerases

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 212-225

  Elbanna, Khaled ^a   Lütke Eversloh, Tina ^a,c   Jendrossek, Dieter ^b   Luftmann, Heinrich ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; PHA; PHA depolymerase; Poly(3 mercaptopropionate); Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Polythioester; PTE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COPOLYMER; GENOMIC DNA; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID DEPOLYMERASE; POLYMER; POLYTHIOESTER; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADABILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS INDICA K2; SCHLEGELELLA THERMODEPOLYMERANS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOPOLYMERS; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; POLYESTERS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEWAGE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAUCIMONAS LEMOIGNEI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS INDICA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SCHLEGELELLA THERMODEPOLYMERANS;

EID: 5444222811     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-004-0715-z     Document Type: Article

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