Clostridium methoxybenzovorans sp. nov., a new aromatic o-demethylating homoacetogen from an olive mill wastewater treatment digester

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1201-1209

  Mechichi, Tahar ^a   Labat, Marc ^a   Patel, Bharat K C ^b   Woo, Tony H S ^b   Thomas, Pierre ^a   Garcia, Jean Louis ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Clostridium methoxybenzovorans; Methoxyl group; O demethylation; Syringic acid

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBOHYDRATE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; METHANOL; O DEMETHYLASE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SYRINGIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM METHOXYBENZOVORANS; DEMETHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM AEROTOLERANS; CLOSTRIDIUM CELERECRESCENS; CLOSTRIDIUM METHOXYBENZOVORANS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPHENOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM XYLANOLYTICUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033031398     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1201     Document Type: Article

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