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Proposed Oxidative Metabolic Pathway for Polypropylene Glycol in Sphingobium sp. Strain PW-1

Xiaoping HUCollege of Plant Protection and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Northwest A&F University;Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University
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Xin LIULaboratory of Applied Microbiology, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University;Urban and Environmental Science College, Liaoning Normal University
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Akio TANILaboratory of Applied Microbiology, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University
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Kazuhide KIMBARALaboratory of Applied Microbiology, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University
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Fusako KAWAILaboratory of Applied Microbiology, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University
Pages 1115-1118 | Received 15 Nov 2007, Accepted 07 Jan 2008, Published online: 22 May 2014

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