Genes involved in the anaerobic degradation of toluene in a denitrifying bacterium, strain EbN1

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-194

  Kube, Michael ^a   Heider, Johann ^b   Amann, Judith ^d   Hufnagel, Peter ^c   Kühner, Simon ^d   Beck, Alfred ^a   Reinhardt, Richard ^a   Rabus, Ralf ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c BRUKER DALTONIK GMBH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Denitrifying bacterium; Gene annotation; Gene prediction; Genomics; Proteomics; Toluene

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL COENZYME A; BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; COENZYME A; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SYNTHETASE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOARCUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THAUERA; TOLUENE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THAUERA; THAUERA AROMATICA;

EID: 1242288600     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0627-3     Document Type: Article

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