Regioselective oxidation of xylene isomers by Rhodococcus sp. strain DK17

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-214

  Kim, Dockyu ^a   Kim, Young Soo ^b   Jung, Jae Woo ^a   Zylstra, Gerben J ^c   Kim, Young Min ^a   Kim, Seong Ki ^b   Kim, Eungbin ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroxylation; Oxygenase; Regioselectivity; Rhodococcus; Xylene

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIMETHYLRESORCINOL; 2,5 XYLOHYDROQUINONE; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; META XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DEGRADATION; DIHYDROXYLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RHODOCOCCUS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0038095196     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00379-3     Document Type: Article

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