Metabolic engineering of hydrophobic Rhodococcus opacus for biodesulfurization in oil-water biphasic reaction mixtures

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-366

  Kawaguchi, Hideo ^a   Kobayashi, Hajime ^a   Sato, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodesulfurization; Biphasic reaction mixture; Dibenzothiophene; Hydrophobic bacterium; Rhodococcus opacus

Indexed keywords

2-HYDROXYBIPHENYL (2-HBP); AQUEOUS CONDITION; BIODESULFURIZATION; BIPHASIC CONDITIONS; BIPHASIC REACTION; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPLEX MEDIUM; CONSUMPTION RATES; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENES; EMULSION LAYERS; END-PRODUCTS; FEEDBACK INHIBITION; INTRACELLULAR CONCENTRATION; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MINERAL SALTS MEDIUMS; MONOOXYGENASES; N-HEXADECANE; OIL-WATER; RECOMBINANT STRAINS; RESTING CELLS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; SULFUR SOURCE; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

BACTERIA; CRUDE OIL; CYTOLOGY; EMULSIFICATION; GENES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MIXTURES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFINS; REACTION RATES; SULFUR;

DESULFURIZATION;

2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; HEXADECANE; OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODESULFURIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESULFURIZATION; DIFFUSION; EMULSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGENASES; PETROLEUM; RHODOCOCCUS; SULFUR; THIOPHENES; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

EID: 84857684974     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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