Bacterial degradation of xenobiotic compounds: Evolution and distribution of novel enzyme activities

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1868-1882

  Janssen, Dick B ^a   Dinkla, Inez J T ^a   Poelarends, Gerrit J ^a   Terpstra, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; ATRAZINE CHLOROHYDROLASE; HYDROLASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RHODOCOCCUS; XANTHOBACTER;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHODOCOCCUS; XANTHOBACTER; XENOBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28644444340     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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