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Microbial metabolism of mandelate: a microcosm of diversity.
FEMS microbiology reviews - 1 Jan 2000
Fewson C A
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This review highlights the diversity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms that can metabolise mandelate and it describes how a wide range of compounds related to mandelate is formed in many environments. The chief aspects that are summarised include the various pathways whereby mandelate and its structural analogues are converted into catechol or protocatechuate, the properties of the enzymes that are...
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