Evolution of novel metabolic pathways for the degradation of chloroaromatic compounds

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 159-178

  Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aromatic pathways; Chlorobenzenes; Evolution; Genes; Plasmids; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHLOROBENZENE; DIHYDRODIOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY RESOURCE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROBENZENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031028986     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000166400935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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