Reactions involved in the lower pathway for degradation of 4- nitrotoluene by Mycobacterium strain HL 4-NT-1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3010-3015

  He, Zhongqi ^a,b   Spain, Jim C ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPHENOL; 4 NITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN;

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXY-LYASES; CRESOLS; HYDRO-LYASES; MYCOBACTERIUM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGENASES; SORBIC ACID; TOLUENE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; VIBRIO PHAGE NT-1;

EID: 0033932786     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.3010-3015.2000     Document Type: Article

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