Isolation and characterization of toluene-sensitive mutants from the toluene-resistant bacterium Pseudomonas putida GM73

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3692-3696

  Kim, Kwang ^a   Lee, Sungjin ^a   Lee, Kyunghee ^a   Lim, Dongbin ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; TOLUENE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0032456797     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3692-3696.1998     Document Type: Article

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