Epoxy coenzyme a thioester pathways for degradation of aromatic compounds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5043-5051

  Ismail, wael ^a   Gescher, Johannes ^b  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AROMATIC RINGS; BACTERIAL DEGRADATION; CO-SUBSTRATE; COA THIOESTER; COENZYME A; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROLYTIC RINGS; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHENYLACETATE; THIOESTERS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; OXYGEN;

AROMATIZATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; COENZYME A; EPOXIDE; ESTER; OXYGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSPHERE; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COENZYME A; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866182004     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00633-12     Document Type: Short Survey

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