Degradation of Chlorinated Dibenzofurans and Dibenzo-p-Dioxins by Two Types of Bacteria Having Angular Dioxygenases with Different Features

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3610-3617

  Habe, Hiroshi ^a   Chung, Jin Sung ^a   Lee, Jong Hoon ^b   Kasuga, Kano ^c   Yoshida, Takako ^a   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a   Omori, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^c AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CARBAZOLE 1,9A DIOXYGENASE; CARBAZOLE 1,9A-DIOXYGENASE; CHLORINE; DIBENZO(1,4)DIOXIN; DIBENZOFURAN; DIBENZOFURAN 4,4A DIOXYGENASE; DIBENZOFURAN 4,4A-DIOXYGENASE; DIOXIN; DIOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZOFURANS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLORINE; DIOXINS; DIOXYGENASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGENASES; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0035432248     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.8.3610-3617.2001     Document Type: Article

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