Chloromethane metabolism by Methylobacterium sp. strain CM4

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1933-1936

  Vannelli, Todd ^a   Studer, Alex ^a   Kertesz, Michael ^a   Leisinger, Thomas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYLAMINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METHYLOBACTERIUM; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031805730     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1933-1936.1998     Document Type: Article

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