Stable isotope fractionation caused by glycyl radical enzymes during bacterial degradation of aromatic compounds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2935-2940

  Morasch, Barbara ^a,b   Richnow, Hans H ^c   Vieth, Andrea ^c   Schink, Bernhard ^a   Meckenstock, Rainer U ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES;

FRACTIONATION FACTORS; RADICAL-TYPE REACTIONS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBON; ENZYME; FUMARIC ACID; META CRESOL; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA CRESOL; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYNTHETASE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CRESOLS; CULTURE MEDIA; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2442653147     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.2935-2940.2004     Document Type: Article

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