Evolution of novel metabolic pathways for the degradation of chloroaromatic compounds

JR Van der Meer - Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 1997 - Springer
Chlorobenzenes are substrates not easily metabolized by existing bacteria in the
environment. Specific strains, however, have been isolated from polluted environments or in …

Pseudomonas monteilii sp. nov., Isolated from Clinical Specimens

M Elomari, L Coroler, S Verhille… - … of Systematic and …, 1997 - microbiologyresearch.org
We propose the name Pseudomonas monteilii for a new species of gram-negative, rod-
shaped, motile bacteria that were nonhemolytic on blood agar and were isolated from …

Acquisition of a deliberately introduced phenol degradation operon, pheBA, by different indigenous Pseudomonas species

M Peters, E Heinaru, E Talpsep, H Wand… - Applied and …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Horizontal transfer of genes of selective value in an environment 6 years after their
introduction into a watershed has been observed. Expression of the gene pheA, which …

Activation of the catBCA promoter: probing the interaction of CatR and RNA polymerase through in vitro transcription

SA Chugani, MR Parsek, CD Hershberger… - Journal of …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
The soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida is capable of degrading many aromatic
compounds, including benzoate, through catechol as an intermediate. The catabolism of …

DNase I footprinting, DNA bending and in vitro transcription analyses of ClcR and CatR interactions with the clcABD promoter: evidence of a conserved …

SM McFall, TJ Klem, N Fujita, A Ishihama… - Molecular …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
In Pseudomonas putida, benzoate and 3‐chlorobenzoate are converted to catechol and 3‐
chlorocatechol, respectively, which are then catabolized to tricarboxylic acid cycle …

Cloning and mutational analysis of the gene for the stationary-phase inducible catalase (catC) from Pseudomonas putida

CD Miller, YC Kim, AJ Anderson - Journal of bacteriology, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas putida, a bacterium that colonizes plant roots and enhances plant growth,
produces three isozymes of catalase (A, B, and C) in stationary-phase cells. A catalase …