Biodegradation of variable-chain-length n-alkanes in Rhodococcus opacus R7 and the involvement of an alkane hydroxylase system in the metabolism

AMB Express

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zampolli, Jessica ^a   Collina, Elena ^a   Lasagni, Marina ^a   Di Gennaro, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkane hydroxylase; AlkB; Enzymatic expression; n alkanes degradation; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DODECANE; EICOSANE; HEXADECANE; TETRACOSANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKB GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH CURVE; KINETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

EID: 84907651783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21910855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13568-014-0073-4     Document Type: Article

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