Degradation of morpholine, piperidine, and pyrrolidine by mycobacteria: Evidences for the involvement of a cytochrome P450

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-216

  Poupin, P ^a   Godon, J J ^b   Zumstein, E ^b   Truffaut, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Morpholine; Mycobacteria; Pipeddine; Pyrrolldine

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CARBON; CYTOCHROME P450; MORPHOLINE; NITROGEN; PIPERIDINE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032821359     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-002     Document Type: Article

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