Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the 4-Hydroxybenzoate 3-Hydroxylase Gene from a Cyclohexanecarboxylate-degrading Gram-positive Bacterium, “Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum” Strain ATCC 51369

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 144-150

  Iwaki, Hiroaki ^a   Saji, Hiroshi ^a   Abe, Kazuya ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshie ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 hydroxybenzoate 3 hydroxylase; Arthrobacter; biodegradation; cyclohexanecarboxylate; Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349114995     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.20.144     Document Type: Article

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