The unique aromatic catabolic genes in sphingomonads degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-19

  Pinyakong, Onruthai ^a   Habe, Hiroshi ^a   Omori, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthracene; Biodegradation; Flouranthene; Naphthalene; Phenanthrene; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sphingomonads

Indexed keywords

FLUORENE; LIGNIN; NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CATABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION; FLUORENES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOVOSPHINGOBIUM AROMATICIVORANS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; SPHINGOBIUM; SPHINGOBIUM YANOIKUYAE; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS CHUNGBUKENSIS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.; SPHINGOMONAS XENOPHAGA;

EID: 0038071684     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.49.1     Document Type: Review

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