Evidence for the role of 2-hydroxychromene-2-carboxylate isomerase in the degradation of anthracene by Sphingomonas yanoikuyae B1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 479-484

  Kim, Eungbin ^a   Zylstra, Gerben J ^b   Freeman, James P ^a   Heinze, Thomas M ^a   Deck, Joanna ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracene; Biodegradation; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Sphingomonas

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ISOMERASE; NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPHINGOMONAS YANOIKUYAE;

ANTHRACENES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COUMARINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; ISOMERASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NAPHTHALENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOBIUM YANOIKUYAE; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0030837179     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00292-9     Document Type: Article

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