Anaerobic metabolism of aromatic compounds via the benzoyl-CoA pathway

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-458

  Harwood, Caroline S ^a   Burchhardt, Gerhard ^b   Herrmann, Heidrun ^b   Fuchs, Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic aromatic metabolism; Azoarcus evansii; Benzoyl CoA pathway; Rhodopseudomonas palustris; Thauera aromatica

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; COENZYME A; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; FLAVONOID; LIGNIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

AZOARCUS EVANSII; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; THAUERA AROMATICA;

EID: 0032466209     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(98)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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