Oxidation of aliphatic, branched chain, and aromatic hydrocarbons by nocardia cyriacigeorgica isolated from oil-polluted sand samples collected in the saudi arabian desert

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-253

  Nhi Cong, Le Thi ^a   Mikolasch, Annett ^b   Awe, Susanne ^b   Sheikhany, Halah ^c   Klenk, Hans Peter ^d   Schauer, Frieder ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c Department of Soil Science   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d DSMZ German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon oxidation; Nocardia cyriacigeorgica; Pristane; Sec octylbenzene

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIAL DNA; OIL; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SILICON DIOXIDE; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOSOL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NOCARDIA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTANT; SAUDI ARABIA;

CYTOSOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, ACYCLIC; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NOCARDIA; OILS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; TETRA;

EID: 77954250353     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200900358     Document Type: Article

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