A marine oligobacterium harboring genes known to be part of aromatic hydrocarbon degradation pathways of soil pseudomonads

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2169-2173

  Wang, Ying ^a   Lau, Peter C K ^a   Button, Don K ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030011826     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.2169-2173.1996     Document Type: Article

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