Microbial Degradation of Aromatic Compounds (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)

With an emphasis on metabolism, Microbial Degradation of Aromatic Compounds integrates information on metabolic pathways, enzymology, genetics, and molecular biology. It provides background and historical foundations for aromatic biodegradation research, and presents authoritative reviews of research that has been carried out with pure cultures and defined biochemical pathways. This leads to discussions of the microbial degradation of monoaromatic compounds and substituted monoaromatic compounds; aromatic chemicals that carry chlorine substituents; biodegradation studies on polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons; and the biotransformation of highly chlorinated dioxins and dibenzofurans.