| hydrocarbon uptake by streptomyces. | oligocarbophilic streptomyces strains capable of hydrocarbon uptake and utilization were isolated from the polluted desert of kuwait and used in this study. transmission electron-microscopy of hyphae revealed that they become enriched with large less electron dense areas in the cytoplasm, when biomass samples were incubated with alkanes. the streptomyces isolate could utilize n-hexadecane as sole carbon and energy source and their fatty acid content showed an increase in the fatty acids with cha ... | 1998 | 9851038 |