Transformation of Chlorinated Benzenes and Toluenes by Ralstonia sp. Strain PS12 tecA (Tetrachlorobenzene Dioxygenase) and tecB (Chlorobenzene Dihydrodiol Dehydrogenase) Gene Products

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4057-4063

  Pollmann, Katrin ^a   Beil, Stefan ^a,b   Pieper, Dietmar H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b IMH Industrie Mgmt Holding GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE DEHYDROGENASE; CHLOROBENZENE DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROBENZENES; DIOXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGENASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOLUENE;

EID: 0035458409     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4057-4063.2001     Document Type: Article

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