Roles of the meta- and the ortho-Cleavage Pathways for the Efficient Utilization of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Sphingomonas yanoikuyae B1

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 245-249

  Song, Jeongmin ^a   Sung, Junghee ^a   Kim, Young Min ^a   Zylstra, Gerben J ^b   Kim, Eungbin ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Ring cleavage dioxygenase; Sphingomonas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346356207     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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