Identification of a novel dioxygenase involved in metabolism of o-xylene, toluene, and ethylbenzene by Rhodococcus sp. strain DK17

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7086-7092

  Kim, Dockyu ^a,e   Chae, Jong Chan ^b   Zylstra, Gerben J ^b   Kim, Young Soo ^c   Kim, Seong Ki ^c   Myung, Hee Nam ^d   Young, Min Kim ^a   Kim, Eungbin ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; GENES; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; TOLUENE;

AROMATIC RINGS; DIOXYGENASE; GENE ENCODING; MEGAPLASMIDS;

ENZYMES;

2,3 ETHYLBENZENE DIHYDRODIOL; 2,3 XYLENOL; 3,4 XYLENOL; DIOXYGENASE; ETHYLBENZENE; FERREDOXIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ORTHO XYLENE; OXYGENASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ENZYME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AKBA1 GENE; AKBA2 GENE; AKBA3 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DIOXYGENASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 10444279326     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7086-7092.2004     Document Type: Article

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