Anaerobic degradation of 4-methylbenzoate via a specific 4-methylbenzoyl-CoA pathway

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1118-1132

  Lahme, Sven ^a,b   Eberlein, Christian ^c   Jarling, René ^d   Kube, Michael ^e   Boll, Matthias ^c   Wilkes, Heinz ^d   Reinhardt, Richard ^f   Rabus, Ralf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; 4-TOLUIC ACID; ACYL COENZYME A; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOYL COENZYME A; BENZOYL-COENZYME A; PROTEOME;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANAEROBIOSIS; BENZOATES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM SP.;

EID: 84859980745     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02693.x     Document Type: Article

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