Chapter 1 Diversity of Microbial Toluene Degradation Pathways

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-73

  Parales, R E ^a   Parales, J V ^a   Pelletier, D A ^b   Ditty, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXYGENASE; TOLUENE; TOLUENE 2 MONOOXYGENASE; TOLUENE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; TOLUENE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA VIETNAMIENSIS; DEGRADATION; ENZYMOLOGY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; REVIEW; THAUERA AROMATICA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; THAUERA;

BURKHOLDERIA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; THAUERA; TOLUENE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 43149109950     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(08)00401-2     Document Type: Review

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