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Bacterial degradation of N-heterocyclic compounds

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Biochemistry of microbial degradation

Abstract

The nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds are a large and very heterogeneous group of biologically most important substances. They play essential roles in the fundamental processes of life and are therefore ubiquitous. The purines and pyrimidines, the amino acids histidine, hydroxyproline, proline and tryptophan, several vitamins and other cofactors, the alkaloids and various other natural metabolites are N-heterocyclic. A great part of the N-heterocyclic compounds occurring in the environment are of anthropogenic origin. In the wastes from the coal and crude oil refining industries and in coal and tar products, compounds like pyridine, quinoline and their derivatives are found. There are also numerous N-heterocyclic compounds which are synthetic products developed in the chemical, agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.

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