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Xanthobacter

A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria found in wet soil containing decaying organic material and in water. Cells tend to be… 
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Xanthobacter autotrophicus
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2004
2004
Isolation and Characterization of Xanthobacter polyaromaticivorans sp. nov. 127W That Degrades Polycyclic and Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds under Extremely Low Oxygen Conditions
Two bacterial strains, 127W and T102, were isolated from anoxic crude oil tank sludge as effective degraders of dibenzothiophene… 
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Biochemical, Molecular, and Genetic Analyses of the Acetone Carboxylases from Xanthobacter autotrophicus Strain Py2 and Rhodobacter capsulatus Strain B10
ABSTRACT Acetone carboxylase is the key enzyme of bacterial acetone metabolism, catalyzing the condensation of acetone and CO2 to… 
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Alkene Monooxygenase from Xanthobacter Strain Py2 Is Closely Related to Aromatic Monooxygenases and Catalyzes Aromatic Monohydroxylation of Benzene, Toluene, and Phenol
ABSTRACT The genes encoding the six polypeptide components of the alkene monooxygenase from Xanthobacter strain Py2 (Xamo) have… 
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
Toxic Effects of Modified Fenton Reactions on Xanthobacter flavus FB71
ABSTRACT The toxic effects of modified Fenton reactions onXanthobacter flavus FB71, measured as microbial survival rates, were… 
1997
1997
Xanthobacter tagetidis sp. nov., an organism associated with Tagetes species and able to grow on substituted thiophenes.
Members of the marigold genus of flowering plants (the genus Tagetes), which synthesize and accumulate thiophene compounds in… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Involvement of an ATP-dependent carboxylase in a CO2-dependent pathway of acetone metabolism by Xanthobacter strain Py2
The metabolism of acetone by the aerobic bacterium Xanthobacter strain Py2 was investigated. Cell suspensions of Xanthobacter… 
1995
1995
Characterization of a new pathway for epichlorohydrin degradation by whole cells of xanthobacter strain py2
The degradation of epichlorohydrin (3-chloropropylene oxide or 1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane) by whole-cell suspensions of… 
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
CbbR, a LysR-type transcriptional activator, is required for expression of the autotrophic CO2 fixation enzymes of Xanthobacter flavus
Xanthobacter flavus is able to grow autotrophically with the enzymes of the Calvin cycle for the fixation of CO2, which are… 
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1985
Highly Cited
1985
Purification and characterization of hydrolytic haloalkane dehalogenase from Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10
A new enzyme, haloalkane dehalogenase, was isolated from the 1,2-dichloroethane-utilizing bacterium Xanthobacter autotrophicus… 
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1979
Highly Cited
1979
Xanthobacter flavus, a New Species of Nitrogen-Fixing Hydrogen Bacteria
Mycobacterium flavum strain 301 (= Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen 338), a hydrogen-utilizing bacterium, is capable of… 
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