Production of Catechol by Transpositional Mutants of Aniline-Assimilating Pseudomonas Species AW-2

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 480-483

  Kodama, Noriko ^a   Murakami, Shuichiro ^a   Shinke, Ryu ^a   Aoki, Kenji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aniline metabolism; Catechol 2,3 dioxygenase; Catechol production; Glycerol effect; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; CATECHOL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030471614     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)86987-5     Document Type: Article

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