Cloning and expression of three ladA-type alkane monooxygenase genes from an extremely thermophilic alkane-degrading bacterium Geobacillus thermoleovorans B23

Extremophiles

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 515-523

  Boonmak, Chanita ^a   Takahashi, Yasunori ^a   Morikawa, Masaaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkane degradation; Genome; Geobacillus thermoleovorans B23; LadA alkane monooxygenase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ALKANE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 4A;

BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GEOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY;

ALKANES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP4A; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84899480661     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-014-0636-y     Document Type: Article

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