| Title | Three Separate Pathways for the Initial Oxidation of Limonene, Biphenyl, and Phenol by Rhodococcus sp. Strain T104 |
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| Author | Dockyu Kim 1 , Min Jung Park 1 , Sung-Cheol Koh 2 , Jae-Seong So 3 , and Eungbin Kim 1 * |
| Address | 1 Department of Biology and Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea; 2 Division of Civil and Environmenta |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 40(1),86-89, 2002, |
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| Key Words | Rhodococcus, limonene, biphenyl, phenol, ring-cleavage dioxygenase |
| Abstract | Rhodococcus sp. strain T104, which is able to grow on either biphenyl or limonene, was found to utilize phenol as sole carbon and energy sources. Furthermore, T104 was positively identified to possess three separate pathways for the degradation of limonene, phenol, and biphenyl. The fact that biphenyl and limonene induced almost the same amount of catechol 1,2-dioxygenase activity indicates that limonene can induce both upper and lower pathways for biphenyl degradation by T104. |
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