Diversity of bacterial strains degrading hexadecane in relation to the mode of substrate uptake
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- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 86 (3), 421-428
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00678.x
Abstract
The relative distribution of the modes of hydrocarbon uptake, used by bacteria of the environment for the degradation of long chain alkanes, has been evaluated. The first mode of uptake, direct inter...Keywords
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