Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant-producing Alcanivorax strains: hydrocarbon accession strategies and alkane hydroxylase gene analysis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Olivera, Nelda L ^a   Nievas, Marina L ^a   Lozada, Mariana ^a   del Prado, Guillermo ^b   Dionisi, Hebe M ^a   Siñeriz, Faustino ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

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

^c PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alcanivorax; alkB; Biosurfactant; Hydrocarbon accession mode

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; BIOSURFACTANT; HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCANIVORAX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HALOMONAS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALCANIVORACEAE; ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; ARGENTINA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; ALCANIVORAX DIESELOLEI; COBETIA; HALOMONAS; MICROBACTERIUM ESTERAROMATICUM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 58149348351     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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