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[Pathways of benzoic acid dissimilation in "enterobacteriaceae" (author's transl)]
Annales De Microbiologie
|February 1, 1977
Abstract:
The Enterobacteriaceae can be divided into two groups with respect to the benzoic acids metabolism. In the first group, benzoate and/or p-hydroxybenzoate are dissimilated through the beta-ketoadipate pathway and m-hydroxybenzoate through the gentisate pathway; in the second one, are clustered species which do not dissimilate these aromatic acids. The possible taxonomic significance of this divergence is discussed.