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Encyclopedia > Ã…benrÃ¥

Åbenrå (pre-1948 spelling Aabenraa, German Apenrade), is a municipality in south Denmark, in the county of South Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. The municipality covers an area of 129 km², and has a total population of 22,020. Coat of Aabenraa city (Denmark) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. ... Sønderjyllands Amt (English: South Jutland County) is a county in southern Denmark, on the peninsula of Jutland. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland, German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...


From 1864 to 1920, it was part of Prussia and as such part of the North German Confederation and, from 1871 onwards, part of the German Empire. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia ( German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... The North German Confederation (German Norddeutscher Bund), a transitional grouping which existed (1867 - 1871) between the dissolution of the German Confederation and the founding of the German Empire, cemented Prussian control over the 22 states of Northern Germany and emanated that same control (via the Zollverein) into southern Germany. ... The term German Empire (Deutsches Reich) commonly refers to Germany, from its consolidation as a unified nation-state on January 18, 1871, until the abdication of Kaiser ( Emperor) Wilhelm II on November 9, 1918. ...


A large part of the German minority in Denmark lives in Åbenrå, where their daily Der Nordschleswiger is published.


External link

  • Official website (http://www.aabenraakom.dk)
  • Der Nordschleswiger (http://www.nordschleswiger.dk)

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We identified benR, a regulator of benzoate, methylbenzoate, and 4-HBA degradation genes.
The deduced amino acid sequence of BenR was 62% identical to XylS, a member of the AraC family of regulators.
An additional seven genes adjacent to benR were inferred from their deduced amino acid sequences to be involved in benzoate degradation.
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