Genetic exchange in soil between introduced chlorobenzoate degraders and indigenous biphenyl degraders

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3910-3913

  Focht, Dennis D ^a   Searles, Denise B ^a,b   Koh, Sung Cheol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0029758891     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3910-3913.1996     Document Type: Article

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