Characterization and evaluation of catechol oxygenases by twelve bacteria, isolated from oil contaminated soils in Malaysia

Introduction: Catechol is a common intermediate compound in aromatic degradation process. Some microorganisms have this potentiality to degrade aromatic hydrocarbons by catechol dioxygenases to less toxic compounds with ability of entering the tricarboxylic acid cycle. In the present study, the cate...

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Main Authors: Arezoo Tavakoli, Ainon Hamzah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Isfahan 2017-01-01
Series:Biological Journal of Microorganism
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Online Access:http://bjm.ui.ac.ir/article_21147_947ce0d3746a282a0bd568391fca0c54.pdf