Lignin, an aromatic polymer found in plants, has been studied for years in many biological
fields. Initially, when biofuel was produced from lignocellulosic biomass, lignin was regarded …

Pseudomonas stutzeri is a nonfluorescent denitrifying bacterium widely distributed in the
environment, and it has also been isolated as an opportunistic pathogen from humans. Over …

Rhodococcus sp. RHA1 (RHA1) is a potent polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading soil
actinomycete that catabolizes a wide range of compounds and represents a genus of …

Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 (LB400), a well studied, effective polychlorinated biphenyl-
degrader, has one of the two largest known bacterial genomes and is the first …

The plant growth-promoting bacterium (PGPB) Pseudomonas sp. UW4, previously isolated
from the rhizosphere of common reeds growing on the campus of the University of Waterloo …

The throwaway culture related to the single‐use materials such as polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) has created a major environmental concern. Recycling of PET waste …

A major challenge in microbiology is the elucidation of the genetic and ecophysiological
basis of habitat specificity of microbes. Pseudomonas putida is a paradigm of a ubiquitous …

Background Mutualistic interactions less well known than those between rhizobia and
legumes are commonly found between plants and bacteria, frequently pseudomonads …

This research undertook the systematic analysis of the Klebsiella sp. D5A genome and
identification of genes that contribute to plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits, especially …

When Pseudomonas putida KT2440 cells encounter toluene in the growth medium, they
perceive it simultaneously as a potential nutrient to be metabolized, as a membrane …