The branched-chain dodecylbenzene sulfonate degradation pathway of Pseudomonas aeruginosa W51D involves a novel route for degradation of the surfactant lateral alkyl chain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3730-3734

  Campos García, Jesús ^a   Esteve, Abraham ^b   Vázquez Duhalt, Rafael ^a   Ramos, Juán Luis ^b   Soberón Chávez, Gloria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; CARBON; CITRONELLOL; DODECYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032794580     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3730-3734.1999     Document Type: Article

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