Genomic analysis of the aromatic catabolic pathways from Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 824-841

  Jiménez, José Ignacio ^a   Miñambres, Baltasar ^a   García, José Luis ^a   Díaz, Eduardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0036933805     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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