Environmental significance of O-demethylation of chloroanisoles by soil bacterial isolates as a mechanism that improves the overall biodegradation of chlorophenols

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2512-2521

  Goswami, Mandira ^a   Recio, Eliseo ^a   Campoy, Sonia ^a   Martín, Juan Francisco ^a,b   Coque, Juan José R ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4,6 TRICHLOROANISOLE; 2,4,6-TRICHLOROANISOLE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHENOL; O DEMETHYLASE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANISOLES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROPHENOLS; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; METHYLATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER RADIORESISTENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS RETROFLEXUS;

EID: 34548388351     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01370.x     Document Type: Article

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