The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is one of the two largest families of membrane
transporters found on Earth. It is present ubiquitously in bacteria, archaea, and eukarya and …

Aromatic compounds belong to one of the most widely distributed classes of organic
compounds in nature, and a significant number of xenobiotics belong to this family of …

Benzoic acid is found naturally in a wide variety of plants. It was isolated in the sixteenth
century, but not commercially produced until the end of the nineteenth century. Researchers …

Twelve years have passed since its last edition-making Antimicrobials in Foods, Third
Edition the must-have resource for those interested in the latest information on food …

Although Escherichia coli has long been recognized as the best-understood living organism,
little was known about its abilities to use aromatic compounds as sole carbon and energy …

Aromatic compounds are ubiquitous in nature; they are the building blocks of abundant
lignin, and constitute a substantial proportion of synthetic chemicals and organic pollutants …

Methane-generating archaea drive the final step in anaerobic organic compound
mineralization and dictate the carbon flow of Earth's diverse anoxic ecosystems in the …

Lignin is a heterogeneous aromatic biopolymer and a major constituent of lignocellulosic
biomass, such as wood and agricultural residues. Despite the high amount of aromatic …

ABSTRACT The complete 184,457-bp sequence of the aromatic catabolic plasmid, pNL1,
from Sphingomonas aromaticivorans F199 has been determined. A total of 186 open …

Unicellular algae, termed phytoplankton, greatly impact the marine environment by serving
as the basis of marine food webs and by playing central roles in the biogeochemical cycling …