Identification of different alkane hydroxylase systems in Rhodococcus ruber strain SP2B, an hexane-degrading actinomycete

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1903-1916

  Amouric, A ^a   Quemeneur M ^a   Grossi, V ^b   Liebgott, P P ^a   Auria, R ^a   Casalot, L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; AlkB gene; CYP153; Hexane; P450 cytochrome alkane hydroxylase; Rhodococcus ruber

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHAINS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENES; HEXANE;

ACTINOMYCETE; ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; ALKB GENE; ENCODING GENES; INVERSE PCR; P450-CYTOCHROME ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; REFERENCE STRAINS; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER; SHORTER CHAINS; SOUTHERN BLOT;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKANE HYDOXYLASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME P450; HEXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKANE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER;

EID: 77952159440     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04592.x     Document Type: Article

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