Comamonas sp. EB172 isolated from digester treating palm oil mill effluent as potential polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producer

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4118-4121

  Zakaria, Mohd Rafein ^a   Abd Aziz, Suraini ^a   Ariffin, Hidayah ^a   Rahman, Nor'Aini Abdul ^a   Phang, Lai Yee ^a   Hassan, Mohd Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Comamonas sp.; Palm oil mill effluent; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Screening

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMAMONAS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS SP.;

EID: 57149102706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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