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Adenosine Monophosphate
Amino Acid Sequence
Anaerobiosis
Benzoates
Benzoic Acid
Biodegradation, Environmental
Chromatography, Liquid
Coenzyme A Ligases
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Enzyme Stability
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Molecular Sequence Data
Phenylacetates
Pseudomonas
Substrate Specificity
