Analysis of the dibenzothiophene metabolic pathway in a newly isolated Rhodococcus spp.

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-102

  Akhtar, Nasrin ^a   Ghauri, Muhammad A ^a   Anwar, Munir A ^a   Akhtar, Kalsoom ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biodesulphurization; Biphenyl; Dibenzothiophene; GC MS analysis; Rhodococcus spp.

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CARBON; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME RNA; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUCALYPTUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIOPHENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 71049176976     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01797.x     Document Type: Article

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