Desulfonation of propanesulfonic acid by Comamonas acidovorans strain P53: Evidence for an alkanesulfonate sulfonatase and an atypical sulfite dehydrogenase

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 387-392

  Reichenbecher, Wolfram ^a   Kelly, Donovan P ^a   Colin Murrell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkanesulfonates; Comamonas acidovorans; Monooxygenase; Sulfite dehydrogenase; Sulfite oxidase; Sulfonatase

Indexed keywords

SULFITE; SULFITE OXIDASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; COMAMONAS ACIDOVORANS; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032751653     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050775     Document Type: Article

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