A new 4-nitrotoluene degradation pathway in a Mycobacterium strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 446-452

  Spiess, Tilmann ^a,b   Desiere, Frank ^a,d   Fischer, Peter ^b   Spain, Jim C ^c   Knackmuss, Hans Joachim ^a,b   Lenke, Hiltrud ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 METHYLMUCONIC SEMIALDEHYDE; 4 NITROTOLUENE; AMMONIA; CARBON; DIHYDROPHENOXAZINONE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; VIBRIO PHAGE NT-1;

EID: 0031889349     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.446-452.1998     Document Type: Article

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