Anaerobic degradation of homocyclic aromatic compounds via arylcarboxyl-coenzyme A esters: Organisms, strategies and key enzymes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 612-627

  Boll, Matthias ^a   Löffler, Claudia ^a   Morris, Brandon E L ^a   Kung, Johannes W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

COENZYME A; ESTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; COENZYME A; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 84896737581     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12328     Document Type: Article

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