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phenanthrene catabolic process

Known as: phenanthrene breakdown, phenanthrene catabolism, phenanthrene degradation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phenanthrene, a tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. [GOC:jl]
National Institutes of Health

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2014
Highly Cited
2014
Calcium-mediated modulation of Pseudomonas mendocina NR802 biofilm influences the phenanthrene degradation.
A potential biofilm forming and phenanthrene utilizing marine bacterium Pseudomonas mendocina NR802 was isolated from Rushukulya… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Phenanthrene degradation by Pseudoxanthomonas sp. DMVP2 isolated from hydrocarbon contaminated sediment of Amlakhadi canal, Gujarat, India.
Amlakhadi canal, flowing through Ankleshwar (Gujarat, India) has been impinged with various xenobiotic compounds, released in… Expand
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Nanopods: A New Bacterial Structure and Mechanism for Deployment of Outer Membrane Vesicles
Background Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMV) are packets of periplasmic material that, via the proteins and other molecules… Expand
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2010
2010
The role of salicylate and biosurfactant in inducing phenanthrene degradation in batch soil slurries
The majority of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) sorb strongly to soil organic matter posing a complex barrier to… Expand
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2009
2009
Rapid Degradation of Phenanthrene by Using Sphingomonas sp. GY2B Immobilized in Calcium Alginate Gel Beads
The strain Sphingomonas sp. GY2B is a high efficient phenanthrene-degrading strain isolated from crude oil contaminated soils… Expand
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2005
2005
Toxic effect of biosurfactant addition on the biodegradation of phenanthrene.
The effect of the biosurfactant rhamnolipid on phenanthrene biodegradation and cell growth of phenanthrene degraders was… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Molecular characterization of a phenanthrene degradation pathway in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1.
Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 is capable of degrading a number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to ring cleavage… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Identification of three novel salicylate 1-hydroxylases involved in the phenanthrene degradation of Sphingobium sp. strain P2.
Five sets of large and small subunits of terminal oxygenase (ahdA1[a-e] and ahdA2[a-e]) and a single gene set encoding ferredoxin… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Characteristics of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria isolated from soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Ten bacterial strains were isolated from seven contaminated soils by enrichment with phenanthrene as the sole carbon source… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Genetics of naphthalene and phenanthrene degradation by Comamonas testosteroni
Naphthalene and phenanthrene have long been used as model compounds to investigate the ability of bacteria to degrade polycyclic… Expand
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