Specificity of O-demethylation in extracts of the homoacetogenic Holophaga foetida and demethylation kinetics measured by a coupled photometric assay

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 363-368

  Kreft, Jan Ulrich ^a   Schink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Dimethylsulfide; Ether cleavage; Methoxylated aromatic compounds; Methyl transfer; Phloroglucinol reductase

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030973031     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050456     Document Type: Article

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