Dr. Miguel A. Providenti

Profile

Academic position	Currently without academic position
Research fields	Metabolism, Biochemistry, and Genetics of Microorganisms,Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology,General Genetics, Functional Genome Research
Keywords	aromatic biodegradation, microbiology, oxygenases, protein biochemistry, comamonas testosteroni

Current contact address

Country	Canada
City	Gatineau
Institution	Environment Canada
Institute	New Substance Division-Biotechnology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Alasdair Cook	Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Start of initial sponsorship	01/06/2000

Programme(s)

2000	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2006	Miguel A. Providenti, Jason M. O'Brien, Juergen Ruff, Alasdair M. Cook, Iain B. Lambert: Metabolism of isovanillate, vanillate, and veratrate by Comamonas testosteroni strain BR6020 . In: Journal of Bacteriology, 2006, 3862-3869
2005	Joerg Mampel, Miguel A. Providenti, Alasdair M. Cook: Protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase from Comamonas testosteroni T-2: biochemical and molecular properties of a new subgroup within class III of extradiol dioxygenases. In: Archives of Microbiology, 2005, 130-139
2001	Miguel A. Providenti, Joerg Mampel, Scott MacSween, Alasdair M. Cook, R. Campbell Wyndham: Comamonas testosteroni BR6020 possesses a single genetic locus for extradiol cleavage of protocatechuate. In: Microbiology, 2001, 2157-3541
2001	Miguel A. Providenti, R. C. Wyndham: Identification and functional characterization of CbaR, a MarR-like modulator of the cbaABC-encoded chlorobenzoate catabolism pathway. In: Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2001, 3530-3541