Aerobic degradation of tetrachloroethylene by toluene-o-xylene monooxygenase of Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 775-778

  Ryoo, Doohyun ^a,b   Shim, Hojae ^a   Canada, Keith ^a   Barbieri, Paola ^c   Wood, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Jeonju University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monoxygenase; PCE degradation; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; ORTHO XYLENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL DIVISION; CHLORIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IONS; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; OXYGENASES; PSEUDOMONAS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0033927439     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77344     Document Type: Article

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