Dissimilation of the C2 sulfonates

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Cook, Alasdair M ^a   Denger, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetyl phosphate; Coenzyme M; Ethanedisulfonate; Ethanesulfonate; Isethionate; Sulfoacetaldehyde; Sulfoacetaldehyde acetyltransferase; Sulfoacetate; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYL PHOSPHATE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ETHANE 1,2 DISULFONATE; ETHANESULFONATE; SULFITE; SULFOACETALDEHYDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETALDEHYDE; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHANE SULFONATE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL REACTION; DESULFONATION; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACETALDEHYDE; ALKANESULFONATES; BACTERIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SULFITES; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 0036885791     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0497-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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