Two angular dioxygenases contribute to the metabolic versatility of dibenzofuran-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain HA01

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3812-3822

  Aly, Hamdy A H ^a,b   Huu, Nguyen B ^a,c   Wray, Victor ^a   Junca, Howard ^a   Pieper, Dietmar H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CARBON; ETHERS; GENE ENCODING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMERICAN SOCIETY; ANGULAR POSITIONING; BACTERIAL STRAINS; CARBON ATOMS; CHLORODIBENZOFURAN (CDF); CO-EXPRESSION; DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN (DD); DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXYGENASES; END PRODUCTS; ENERGY SOURCING; ETHER BOND; GENE CLUSTERING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSIONS; METABOLIC VERSATILITY; OXYGENASE; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; SOLE CARBON; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

2 CHLORO 3,4 DIHYDRO 3,4 DIHYDROXYDIBENZOFURAN; 2 CHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 3 CHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 5 CHLOROSALICYLATE; CARBON; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXYGENASE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; DIBENZOFURAN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGENATION; RHODOCOCCUS; TERRABACTER;

BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; DIOXYGENASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALICYLIC ACIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS SP.; TERRABACTER SP.;

EID: 45749095936     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00226-08     Document Type: Article

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