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biphenyl catabolic process

Known as: biphenyl breakdown, biphenyl catabolism, biphenyl degradation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of biphenyl, a toxic aromatic hydrocarbon used as a heat transfer agent, as a… 
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2012
2012
Conjugal Transfer of Polychlorinated Biphenyl/Biphenyl Degradation Genes in Acidovorax sp. Strain KKS102, Which Are Located on an Integrative and Conjugative Element
ABSTRACT A polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)/biphenyl degradation gene cluster in Acidovorax sp. strain KKS102, which is very… 
2010
2010
Environmentally relevant parameters affecting PCB degradation: carbon source- and growth phase-mitigated effects of the expression of the biphenyl pathway and associated genes in Burkholderia…
The principal means for microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is through the biphenyl pathway. Although… 
2005
2005
A Second 5-Carboxyvanillate Decarboxylase Gene, ligW2, Is Important for Lignin-Related Biphenyl Catabolism in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6
ABSTRACT A lignin-related biphenyl compound, 5,5′-dehydrodivanillate (DDVA), is degraded to 5-carboxyvanillate (5CVA) by the… 
2005
2005
Directed Evolution of a Ring-cleaving Dioxygenase for Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degradation*
DoxG, an extradiol dioxygenase involved in the aerobic catabolism of naphthalene, possesses a weak ability to cleave 3,4… 
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
BphS, a Key Transcriptional Regulator of bph Genes Involved in Polychlorinated Biphenyl/Biphenyl Degradation inPseudomonas sp. KKS102*
The bph genes inPseudomonas sp. KKS102, which are involved in the degradation of polychlorinated biphenyl/biphenyl, are induced… 
1999
1999
A GntR-like negative regulator of the biphenyl degradation genes of the transposon Tn4371
Abstract Tn4371, a 55-kb catabolic transposon originally isolated from Ralstonia eutropha A5, carries genes for the degradation… 
1994
1994
Cometabolic oxidation of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil with a surfactant-based field application vector
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-degradative genes, under the control of a constitutive promoter, were cloned into a broad-host… 
1989
1989
Sequence similarities in the genes encoding polychlorinated biphenyl degradation by Pseudomonas strain LB400 and Alcaligenes eutrophus H850
DNA-DNA hybridization was used to compare the Pseudomonas strain LB400 genes for polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) degradation with… 
1988
1988
Biological approaches for polychlorinated biphenyl degradation.
The accumulation of xenobiotic compounds in our environment has had a profound effect on our physical, social, economic, and… 
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1987
Highly Cited
1987
Purification and properties of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase from polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa carrying the cloned bphC gene
2,3-Dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase, involved in biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation, was purified from cell extracts… 
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