Historical and recent achievements in the field of microbial degradation of natural and synthetic rubber

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4543-4551

  Yikmis, Meral ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; KEY ENZYMES; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; OXYGENASES; STREPTOMYCES SP; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; RUBBER;

BIODEGRADATION;

RUBBER;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTORICAL RECORD; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RUBBER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOMYCES; XANTHOMONAS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; RUBBER; STREPTOMYCES; XANTHOMONAS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES SP.; XANTHOMONAS SP.;

EID: 84864076279     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00001-12     Document Type: Short Survey

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