Isolation of a bacterial strain with the ability to utilize the sulfonated azo compound 4-carboxy-4'-sulfoazobenzene as the sole source of carbon and energy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2315-2317

  Blümel, Silke ^a   Contzen, Matthias ^a   Lutz, Martina ^a   Stolz, Andreas ^a   Knackmuss, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SULFANILIC ACID;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDROGENOPHAGA PALLERONII;

EID: 0031746652     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2315-2317.1998     Document Type: Article

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