Engineering hybrid pseudomonads capable of utilizing a wide range of aromatic hydrocarbons and of efficient degradation of trichloroethylene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4039-4046

  Suyama, Akiko ^a   Iwakiri, Ryo ^a   Kimura, Nobutada ^a   Nishi, Akito ^a   Nakamura, Kanji ^b   Furukawa, Kensuke ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kurita Central Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DNA; OXYGENASE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; CROSSING OVER; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029954077     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4039-4046.1996     Document Type: Article

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