Benzoyl-CoA, a Universal Biomarker for Anaerobic Degradation of Aromatic Compounds

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-203

  Porter, Abigail W ^a   Young, Lily Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Oxocyclohex 1 ene 1 carbonyl CoA hydrolase; Anaerobic benzoyl CoA pathway; Anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation; BamA gene; Monoaromatic degradation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BAMA HYDROLASE; BENZOYL COENZYME A; BENZOYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; COENZYME A; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; HUMIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE; HYDROLASE; HYDROLYASE; NAPHTHALENE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PETROLEUM; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON CYCLING; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FERROGLOBUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RHODOMICROBIUM VANNIELII; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; RING OPENING; THAUERA; THAUERA AROMATICA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

6-OXOCYCLOHEX-1-ENE-1-CARBONYL-COA HYDROLASE; ANAEROBIC BENZOYL-COA PATHWAY; ANAEROBIC HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; BAMA GENE; MONOAROMATIC DEGRADATION;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON;

EID: 84899154958     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800260-5.00005-X     Document Type: Chapter

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