Substrate range of benzylsuccinate synthase from Azoarcus sp. strain T

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 147-153

  Beller, Harry R ^a,b   Spormann, Alfred M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Benzylsuccinate synthase; Toluene degradation

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CARBON-CARBON LYASES; FUMARATES; GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; TOLUENE;

AZOARCUS SP.;

EID: 0032814964     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00323-7     Document Type: Article

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