Many consider 1972 as the year where the still nascent field of Plasmid Biology met the also
embryonic realm of Environmental Microbiology for the first time. By that time, Al Chakrabarty …

Summary ortho‐Phthalate derives from industrially produced phthalate esters, which are
massively used as plasticizers and constitute major emerging environmental pollutants. The …

The anaerobic resorcinol degradation pathway in Azoarcus anaerobius is unique in that it
uses an oxidative rather than a reductive strategy to overcome the aromatic ring stability in …

Background At high concentrations of organic substrates, microbial utilization of preferred
substrates (ie, supporting fast growth) often results in diauxic growth with hierarchical …

The mbd cluster encodes the anaerobic degradation of 3-methylbenzoate in the β-
proteobacterium Azoarcus sp. CIB. The specific transcriptional regulation circuit that controls …

Microorganisms able to degrade aromatic contaminants constitute potential valuable
biocatalysts to deal with a significant reusable carbon fraction suitable for eco‐efficient …

Members of the Betaproteobacteria are widespread in soil environments. Many isolates are
capable of aerobic degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons, as well as chloroaromatic …

We have identified and characterized the AccS multidomain sensor kinase that mediates the
activation of the AccR master regulator involved in carbon catabolite repression (CCR) of the …

Abstract The betaproteobacterial Azoarcus/“Aromatoleum”/Thauera cluster harbors a large
variety of denitrifiers capable of anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds and …

Petroleum spills causes contamination of drinking water with carcinogenic aromatic
compounds including benzene and cresol. Current knowledge of anaerobic benzene and …