Aerobic biotransformation of alkyl branched aromatic alkanoic naphthenic acids via two different pathways by a new isolate of Mycobacterium

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 872-882

  Johnson, Richard J ^a,c   West, Charles E ^b   Swaih, Aisha M ^a   Folwell, Ben D ^a   Smith, Ben E ^c,d   Rowland, Steven J ^b   Whitby, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c OIL PLUS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; NAPHTHENIC ACID; PETROLEUM;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AEROBIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PETROLEUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AURUM;

EID: 84859422998     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02649.x     Document Type: Article

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