Degradation of 1,2-dibromoethane by Mycobacterium sp. strain GP1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2050-2058

  Poelarends, Gerrit J ^a   Van Hylckama Vlieg, Johan E T ^a   Marchesi, Julian R ^b   Dos Santos, Luisa M Freitas ^c,d   Janssen, Dick B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROETHANOL; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; ETHYLENE OXIDE; HALOALCOHOL; HALOALKANE DEHALOGENASE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; PROKARYOTA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032965170     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.7.2050-2058.1999     Document Type: Article

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