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A Profile of Ring-hydroxylating Oxygenases that Degrade Aromatic Pollutants

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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 206

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Abstract

Aromatic compounds are widely distributed in nature and range in size from low molecular mass compounds, such as phenols, to polymers such as lignin (Vaillancourt et al. 2006). As a result of the delocalization of their resonance structure, aromatic compounds are exceptionally stable (McMurry 2004). Because of the metabolic pathways they have evolved, microorganisms have an exceptional ability to utilize aromatic compounds as their sole source of energy and carbon (Pieper and Reineke 2001; Reineke and Knackmuss 1988).

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This research was supported by 863 Program (2006AA06Z358; 2006AA10Z117; 2008AA10Z401); Shanghai Key Laboratory and Basic Research Project (07dz22011); and National Natural Science Foundation (06ZR14073).

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Peng, RH. et al. (2010). A Profile of Ring-hydroxylating Oxygenases that Degrade Aromatic Pollutants. In: Whitacre, D. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 206. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 206. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6260-7_4

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