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Degradation of para-toluate by the bacterium Rhodococcus ruber P25

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  1. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    E. S. Shumkova, I. P. Solyanikova & L. A. Golovleva

  2. Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Goleva 13, Perm’, 614081, Russia

    E. S. Shumkova & E. G. Plotnikova

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Original Russian Text © E.S. Shumkova, I.P. Solyanikova, E.G. Plotnikova, L.A. Golovleva, 2009, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2009, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 421–423.

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Shumkova, E.S., Solyanikova, I.P., Plotnikova, E.G. et al. Degradation of para-toluate by the bacterium Rhodococcus ruber P25. Microbiology 78, 376–378 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261709030175

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