Recent Biodegradation Publications 1995-present
Shaw L.E., Jones R.M. & Williams P.A. (2002)A
third transposable element ISPpu12 from the toluene-xylene catabolic
(TOL) plasmid pWW0 of Pseudomonas putida mt-2. J.Bacteriol. (in
press). See Abstract.
Hughes M.A., Baggs M.J., Al-Dulayyami J., Baird M.S. &
Williams P.A. (2002) Accumulation of 2-aminophenoxazin-3-one-7-carboxylate
during growth of Pseudomonas putida TW3 on 4-nitro-substituted
substrates requires 4-hydroxylaminobenzoate lyase (PnbB). App. Environ.
Micro. (in press). See Abstract.
Zhou N-Y., Al-Dulayyami J., Baird M.S. & Williams
P.A. (2002) Salicylate 5-hydroxylase from Ralstonia
sp. strain U2: a monooxygenase with close relationships to and shared electron
transport proteins with naphthalene dioxygenase. J.Bacteriol. 184:
1547-1555.
See Abstract.
Hughes M.A. & Williams P.A. (2001) Cloning and characterization
of the pnb genes encoding the enzymes for 4-nitrobenzoate catabolism
in Pseudomonas putida TW3. J.Bacteriol. 183: 1225-1232.
See Abstract
Zhou N-Y, Fuenmayor, S.L. & Williams P.A. (2001) nag
Genes of Ralstonia (formerly Pseudomonas) sp. strain U2 encoding
the enzymes for gentisate catabolism. J.Bacteriol. 183: 700-708.
See
Abstract
Jones R.M. & Williams P.A. (2001) areCBA
is an operon in Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 and is controlled
by AreR, a sigma 54-dependent regulator. J.Bacteriol. 183:405-409.
See Abstract
James K.D., Hughes M.A. & Williams,
P.A. (2000). Cloning and expression of
ntnD encoding
a novel NAD(P)-independent 4-nitrobenzyl alcohol dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas
sp. strain TW3. J. Bacteriol. 182: 3136-3141. See
Abstract
Jones R.M., Pagmantidis V. & Williams P.A. (2000) sal
genes determining the catabolism of salicylate esters are part of a supraoperonic
cluster of catabolic genes in Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. J.Bacteriol.
182:.2018-2025.
See Abstract
Jones R.M., Collier L.S., Neidle E.L. & Williams P.A. (1999)
areABC
genes determine the catabolism of aryl esters in Acinetobacter sp.
strain ADP1. J.Bacteriol. 181: 4568-4575.
See
Abstract.
Duetz W.A., Wind B., van Andel J.G., Barnes M.R., Williams
P.A. & Rutgers, M. (1998) Biodegradation kinetics of toluene,
m-xylene,
p-xylene
and their intermediates through the upper TOL pathway in
Pseudomonas
putida (pWW0). Microbiology,
144:1669-1675. See
Abstract.
Aemprapa S., & Williams P.A. (1998) The implications of the
xylQ
gene of TOL plasmid pWW102 for the evolution of aromatic catabolic pathways.
Microbiology, 144: 1387-1396. See Abstract
Fuenmayor, S.L., Wild, M., Boyes, A.L. & Williams P.A. (1998)
A gene cluster encoding steps in the conversion of naphthalene to gentisate
in Pseudomonas sp. U2. J.Bacteriol.180: 2522-2530.
See Abstract
James, K.D. & Williams P.A. (1998) ntn genes determining
the early steps in the divergent catabolism of 4-nitrotoluene and toluene
in
Pseudomonas TW3. J.Bacteriol. 180:2043-2049. See
Abstract
Barnes M.R., Duetz W.A. & Williams P.A. (1997) A 3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)propionic
acid catabolic pathway in Rhodococcus globerulus PWD1: cloning and
characterization of the hpp operon. J. Bacteriol..179:6145-6153.
See
Abstract
Williams P.A. & Shaw L.M. (1997) mucK, a gene in Acinetobacter
calcoaceticus ADP1 (BD413) encodes the ability to grow on exogeneous
cis,cis-muconate
as the sole carbon source. J. Bacteriol..179:5935-5942. See
Abstract
Gallegos M.-T., Williams P.A. & Ramos J.L. (1997) Transcriptional
control of the multiple catabolic pathways encoded on the TOL plasmid pWW53
of Pseudomonas putida MT53. J. Bacteriol..179:5024-5029.
Schenzle A., Lenke H., Fischer P., Williams P.A., & Knackmuss,
H.-J. (1997) Catabolism of 3-nitrophenol by Ralstonia eutropha
JMP 134. App. Environ. Microbiol..63:1421-1427.
Williams P.A., Shaw L.M., Pitt C.W. & Vrecl M. (1997) xylUW,
two genes at the start of the upper pathway operon of TOL plasmid pWW0,
appear to play no essential part in determining its catabolic phenotype.
Microbiology
UK.143:101-107.
Platt A., Shingler V., Taylor S.C. & Williams P.A. (1995).
The 4-hydroxy-2-oxovalerate aldolase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (acylating)
encoded by the nahM and nahO genes of the naphthalene catabolic
plasmid pWW60-22 provide further evidence of conservation of meta-cleavage
pathway gene sequences. Microbiology UK. 141:2223-2233.
Lloyd-Jones G. & Williams P.A. (1995). Inactivation of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl
dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain CB406 by 3,4-dihydroxybiphenyl
(3-phenylcatechol). Biodegradation. 6:11-17.