Metabolism of Benzoate, Cyclohex-1-ene Carboxylate, and Cyclohexane Carboxylate by Syntrophus aciditrophicus Strain SB in Syntrophic Association with H2-Using Microorganisms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1728-1738

  Elshahed, Mostafa S ^a   Bhupathiraju, Vishvesh K ^a,b   Wofford, Neil Q ^a   Nanny, Mark A ^a   Mcinerney, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CYCLOHEXENECARBOXYLIC ACID; 1-CYCLOHEXENECARBOXYLIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHANOSPIRILLUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BENZOATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 0035320536     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1728-1738.2001     Document Type: Article

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