In vivo construction of a hybrid pathway for metabolism of 4- nitrotoluene in Pseudomonas fluorescens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3036-3038

  Michán, Carmen ^a,b   Delgado, Asunción ^a,c   Haïdour, Ali ^a   Lucchesi, Gloria ^a,d   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROBENZOIC ACID; 4 NITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0030903471     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.3036-3038.1997     Document Type: Article

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