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Characterization of the terephthalate degradation genes of Comamonas sp. strain E6.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2006
Sasoh Mikio, Masai Eiji, Ishibashi Satoko, Hara Hirofumi, Kamimura Naofumi, Miyauchi Keisuke, Fukuda Masao
Abstract excerpt
We isolated Comamonas sp. strain E6, which utilizes terephthalate (TPA) as the sole carbon and energy source via the protocatechuate (PCA) 4,5-cleavage pathway. Two almost identical TPA degradation gene clusters, tphRICIA2IA3IBIA1I and tphRIICIIA2IIA3IIBIIA1II, were isolated from this strain. Based on amino acid sequence similarity, the genes tphR, tphC, tphA2, tphA3, tphB, and tphA1 were predicted to code,...
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