Environmental pollution implies any alteration in the surroundings but it is restricted in use
especially to mean any deterioration in the physical, chemical, and biological quality of the …

Phenol, or hydroxybenzene, is both a synthetically and naturally produced aromatic
compound. Microorganisms capable of degrading phenol are common and include both …

Contamination of the environment by petroleum products is a growing concern worldwide,
and strategies to remove these contaminants have been evaluated. One of these strategies …

A novel phenol hydroxylase (PheA) that catalyzes the first step in the degradation of phenol
in Bacillus thermoglucosidasius A7 is described. The two-protein system, encoded by the …

The isolation and annotation of an 8994-bp DNA fragment from Pseudomonas putida 1290,
which conferred upon P. putida KT2440 the ability to utilize the plant hormone indole 3 …

Medermycin is a Streptomyces aromatic C-glycoside antibiotic classified in the
benzoisochromanequinones (BIQs), which presents several interesting biosynthetic …

Microbial degradation is the main mechanism responsible for the recovery of contaminated
sites, where a huge body of investigations is available in which most concentrate on single …

Rhodococcus erythropolis CCM2595 is able to efficiently utilize phenol and other aromatic
compounds. We cloned and sequenced its complete gene cluster—catA, catB, catC, catR …

All known benzoisochromanequinone (BIQ) biosynthetic gene clusters carry a set of genes
encoding a two-component monooxygenase homologous to the ActVA-ORF5/ActVB system …

The nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii acquired clinical significance due to the
rapid development of its multi-drug resistant (MDR) phenotype. A. baumannii strains have …