A review of bacterial methyl halide degradation: Biochemistry, genetics and molecular ecology

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 193-203

  McDonald, I R ^a   Warner, K L ^a   McAnulla, C ^a   Woodall, C A ^a   Oremland, R S ^b   Murrell, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FORECASTING; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYPHOMICROBIUM; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMICROBIUM; HYPHOMICROBIUM CHLOROMETHANICUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM CHLOROMETHANICUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036049090     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00290.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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