Metabolic characteristics of the species Variovorax paradoxus

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 541-560

  Satola, Barbara ^a   Wübbeler, Jan Hendrik ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Comamonadaceae; Metabolic diversity; Variovorax paradoxus

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLATES; 2 ,4-DINITROTOLUENE; 2-METHYLISOBORNEOL; 3-NITROTYROSINE; ACYL-HOMOSERINE LACTONES; AROMATIC SULFONATES; BACTERIAL SPECIES; C CONTENTS; CATABOLIC PROCESS; COMAMONADACEAE; COMPLETE GENOMES; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACIDS; DIMETHYL TEREPHTHALATE; GEOSMIN; HUMIC ACID; LINURON; METABOLIC CHARACTERISTICS; METABOLIC DIVERSITY; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; SULFOLANE; SULFUR SOURCE; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS; VERATRALDEHYDE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; GENES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

METABOLISM;

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 3 NITROTYROSINE; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; ANTHRACENE; CAPSAICIN; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; LANTHANIDE; LINURON; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYMER; TEREPHTHALIC ACID; THIOMALIC ACID; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATABOLISM; ORGANIC ACID; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CATABOLISM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; VAGINA FLORA; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS;

BASE COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMAMONADACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONADACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS;

EID: 84873997892     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4585-z     Document Type: Review

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