Two distinct pathways for anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds in the denitrifying bacterium Thauera aromatica strain AR-1

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-96

  Philipp, Bodo ^a   Schink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

3,5 Dihydroxybenzoate; Benzoyl CoA pathway; Catabolite repression; Hydroxyhydroquinone; Thauera aromatica

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 BENZENETRIOL; ALPHA RESORCYLIC ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; COENZYME A; RESORCINOL;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYDROGENATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ACYL COENZYME A; BENZOATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROQUINONES; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; THAUERA;

EID: 0033950625     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002039900112     Document Type: Article

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