Transformation of phenol into phenylalanine by a methanogenic consortium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 809-814

  Lépine, François ^a,b   Bisaillon, Jean Guy ^a   Milot, Sylvain ^a   Khalid, Tawfiki Hajji ^a   Beaudet, Réjean ^a   Villemur, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; CINNAMIC ACID; DEUTERIUM; HYDROCINNAMIC ACID; ISOTOPE; METHANE; PHENOL; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 0030033396     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.809-814.1996     Document Type: Article

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