The biology of methylobacteria capable of degrading halomethanes

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-160

  Trotsenko, Yu A ^a   Doronina, N V ^a  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aerobic methylotrophic bacteria; Distribution; Enzymes; Genes; Halomethanes; Metabolism; Mineralization; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

DICHLOROMETHANE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METHANE; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S CHLOROMETHYLGLUTATHIONE; S-CHLOROMETHYLGLUTATHIONE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON; REVIEW;

FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METHANE; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLTRANSFERASES; REGULON;

EID: 0037812196     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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