Proceedings of the Korean Society for Applied Microbiology Conference (한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2001.06a
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- Pages.116-117
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- 2001
Characterization of the BTEX-degrading pathway genes in Ralstonia sp. strain PHS1
- Lee, Sun-Bok (Department of Chemical Engineering Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
- Lee, Sung-Kuk (School of Environmental Science and Engineering Pohang University of Science and Technology)
- Published : 2001.06.01
Abstract
A thermotolerant bacterium, designated as PHS1, was isolated from a hot spring in Pohang, Korea, on the basis of its ability to grow on BTEX as a sole carbon source. We cloned and sequenced the entire BTEX-degrading pathway genes of PHS1 and found that two multicomponent mono-oxygenases together with meta-pathway genes are responsible for the BTEX biodegradation.
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