Molecular biology of anaerobic aromatic biodegradation. Final report, 15 Jun 89-14 Jun 92

Technical Report · Fri Aug 14 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6938603

Harwood, C S

Aromatic acids are intermediates in the biodegradation of structurally diverse aromatic compounds, including lignin monomers and environmental pollutants, by many metabolic types of anaerobic bacteria. They are also the starting compounds for central pathways of anaerobic benzene ring reduction and fission. The authors have identified and developed molecular tools that can be used to manipulate and clone genes for aromatic acid degradation from the bacterium, Rhodopseudomonas palustris. These tools have enabled the authors to identify genes specifying two enzymes that initiate the degradation of the compounds benzoate and 4-hydroxybenzoate.

• Research Organization: Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA (United States). Dept. of Microbiology
• OSTI ID: 6938603
• Report Number(s): AD-A-255213/1/XAB; CNN: DAAL03-89-K-0121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
BENZOIC ACID
BIODEGRADATION
BIOTECHNOLOGY
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENZYMES
GENES
GENETIC ENGINEERING
GROWTH
LIGNIN
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
MONOMERS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLYSACCHARIDES
PROTEINS
SACCHARIDES