Homology between genes for aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in surface and deep-subsurface Sphingomonas strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1467-1470

  Kim, Eungbin ^a   Aversano, Paul J ^a   Romine, Margaret F ^b   Schneider, Richard P ^b   Zylstra, Gerben J ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CROSS RESISTANCE; DEGRADATION; DNA PROBE; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

SPHINGOMONAS SPP.;

EID: 0029945654     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1467-1470.1996     Document Type: Article

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