Genetic engineering of a highly solvent-tolerant Pseudomonas putida strain for biotransformation of toluene to p-hydroxybenzoate

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5120-5127

  Ramos González, María Isabel ^a   Ben Bassat, Arie ^b   Campos, María Jesús ^a   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TOLUENE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION;

BACTERIA;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; OXYGENASE; TOLUENE; TOLUENE DIOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POBA GENE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KINETICS; PARABENS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0141705465     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5120-5127.2003     Document Type: Article

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