Purification and characterization of an ether bond-cleaving enzyme involved in the metabolism of polyethylene glycol

Taxonomic Study of Polyethylene Glycol-Utilizing Bacteria: Emended Description of the Genus Sphingomonas and New Descriptions of Sphingomonas macrogoltabidus sp. nov., Sphingomonas sanguis sp. nov. and Sphingomonas terrae sp. nov.

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Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +8

Efficient biodegradation of high-molecular-weight polyethylene glycols by pure cultures of Pseudomonas stutzeri

N. Obradors, J Aguilar · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1991 · 115 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology +17

Bacterial oxidation of polyethylene glycol

Fusako Kawai, Takuhei Kimura, Masahiro Fukaya et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1978 · 100 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +11

Detection and localization of a new enzyme catalyzing the β‐aryl ether cleavage in the soil bacterium (<i>Pseudomonas paucimobilis</i> SYK‐6)

Eiji Masai, Yoshihiro Katayama, Seiji Nishikawa et al. · FEBS Letters · 1989 · 91 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +16

Biodegradation of polyethylene glycol by symbiotic mixed culture (obligate mutualism)

Fusako Kawai, Hiroshi Yamanaka · Archives of Microbiology · 1986 · 84 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +12