Genetics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in diverse aerobic bacteria

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-243

  Habe, Hiroshi ^a   Omori, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluorene degradation; Naphthalene degradation; Phenanthrene degradation; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pyrene degradation

Indexed keywords

MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; NAPHTHALENE DIOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; POLLUTANT; REVIEW;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0037506334     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.225     Document Type: Article

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