Anaerobic taurine oxidation: A novel reaction by a nitrate-reducing Alcaligenes sp.

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1919-1924

  Denger, Karin ^a   Laue, Heike ^a   Cook, Alasdair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Anaerobic desulfonation; Desulfonation; Nitrate reducing bacteria; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYSTEIC ACID; ISETHIONIC ACID; MESYLIC ACID; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; TAURINE;

ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030794552     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-6-1919     Document Type: Article

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