Toluene 2-monooxygenase-dependent growth of Burkholderia cepacia G4/PR1 on diethyl ether

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1606-1609

  Hur, Hor Gil ^a   Newman, Lisa M ^a,b   Wackett, Lawrence P ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; ETHER; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA;

EID: 0030907727     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1606-1609.1997     Document Type: Article

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