PCR amplification of catechol 2,3-dioxygenase gene sequences from naturally occurring hydrocarbon degrading bacteria isolated from petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-15

  Joshi, Bindu ^a   Walia, Satish ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catechol 2,3 dioxygenase; Groundwater; Petroleum hydrocarbon; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; HYDROCARBON; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PETROLEUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ALCALIGENES; ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIUM; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM GLEUM; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KOCURIA ROSEA; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; MICROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRICHOSPORIUM; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0030064862     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(95)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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