Genes involved in the anaerobic degradation of ethylbenzene in a denitrifying bacterium, strain EbN1

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 506-516

  Rabus, Ralf ^a   Kube, Michael ^b   Beck, Alfred ^b   Widdel, Friedrich ^a   Reinhardt, Richard ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Denitrifying bacterium; Ethylbenzene; Gene annotation; Gene prediction; Genomics

Indexed keywords

1 PHENYLETHANOL; 1 PHENYLETHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETONE CARBOXYLASE; ACETOPHENONE; ACETOPHENONE CARBOXYLASE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZOYLACETATE; BENZOYLACETYL COENZYME A; DNA FRAGMENT; ENZYME; ETHYLBENZENE; FATTY ACID; GENE PRODUCT; IRON; LIGASE; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PEPTIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE; GENE APC; GENE APCL 5; GENE EBDA; GENE EBDB; GENE EBDC; GENE EBDD; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE PED; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; XANTHOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; XANTHOBACTER; XANTHOBACTER AUTOTROPHICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036428728     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0487-2     Document Type: Article

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