Isolation and classification of a soil actinomycete capable of sulphur-specific biotransformation of dibenzothiophene, benzothiophene and thianthrene

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 62-74

  Khedkar, S ^a   Shanker, R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b AHMEDABAD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

actinomycetes; Biotransformation; Characterization; Environmental health; Isolation; Pollutants; Sulphur heterocycles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DESULFURIZATION; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; THIOPHENE;

ACTINOMYCETE; BENZOTHIOPHENE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHARACTERIZATION; DESULPHURIZATION; DIBENZOTHIOPHENES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ISOLATION; POLLUTANT; SULFUR HETEROCYCLES;

SOILS;

2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; BENZOTHIOPHENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; GENOMIC DNA; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR; THIANTHRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; SOIL POLLUTANT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DESULFURIZATION; DIGESTION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ACTINOMYCETALES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCETALES; OERSKOVIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCETALES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84916624084     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12665     Document Type: Article

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