Biosurfactant-mediated biodegradation of straight and methyl-branched alkanes by pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 55925

AMB Express

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Rocha, Carlos A ^a   Pedregosa, Ana M ^b   Laborda, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodegradation patterns alkanes biodegradation; Biosurfactant; Cell adaptations; P. aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOPOLYMER; BIOSURFACTANT; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; PRISTANE; RHAMNOLIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DEPLETION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84874311649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21910855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-1-9     Document Type: Article

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