Adaptation of Comamonas testosteron TA441 to utilize phenol: Organization and regulation of the genes involved in phenol degradation

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2895-2903

  Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Akahira, Saiko ^a   Ohishi, Tohru ^a   Maeda, Michihisa ^b,c   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Catechol 2,3 dioxygenase; Comamonas testosteroni; Phenol hydroxylase; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; OXYGENASE; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERON; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

EID: 0031733597     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-10-2895     Document Type: Article

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