Evidence for acetyl coenzyme A and cinnamoyl coenzyme A in the anaerobic toluene mineralization pathway in Azoarcus tolulyticus Tol-4

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 964-973

  Chee Sanford, Joanne C ^a   Frost, John W ^b   Fries, Marcos R ^b   Zhou, Jizhong ^b   Tiedje, James M ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN;

AZOARCUS TOLULYTICUS;

EID: 0030067759     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.964-973.1996     Document Type: Article

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