Metabolic characterisation of a novel vanillylmandelate-degrading bacterium

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 252-259

  Turner, Janet E ^a   Allison, Nigel ^a   Fewson, Charles A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brevundimonas sp.; demethylation; dioxygenase; mandelic acid; NAD dependent dehydrogenase; vanillylmandelic acid

Indexed keywords

VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; CARBOXY-LYASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAD; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGENASES; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; BREVUNDIMONAS DIMINUTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029828722     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050381     Document Type: Article

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