Biphenyl and ethylbenzene dioxygenases of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 transform PBDEs

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-321

  Robrock, Kristin R ^a,d   Mohn, William W ^b   Eltis, Lindsay D ^b   Alvarez Cohen, Lisa ^a,c  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic degradation; PBDEs; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; AEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; BIPHENYL DIOXYGENASE; DEGRADING BACTERIA; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; DIOXYGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PRIMARY METABOLITE; PYRUVATES; RECOMBINANT STRAINS; RESTING CELLS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

CATALYSTS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; ETHERS; ETHYLBENZENE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROPANE; STYRENE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

4 BROMODIPHENYL ETHER; BENZOIC ACID; BIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE DIOXYGENASE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PROPANE; PYRUVIC ACID; STYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BPHAA GENE; DEGRADATION; ETBAA1 GENE; ETBAC GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS JOSTII; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIOXYGENASES; FLAME RETARDANTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; RHODOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS JOSTII; TETRA;

EID: 78650190985     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22952     Document Type: Article

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