Use of an ipb-lux fusion to study regulation of the isopropylbenzene catabolism operon of Pseudomonas putida RE204 and to detect hydrophobic pollutants in the environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 778-783

  Selifonova, Olga V ^a   Eaton, Richard W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKYLBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CREOSOTE; CUMENE; CYCLOALKANE; FUEL; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; LUCIFERASE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; SOLVENT; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; POLLUTANT; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPORTER GENE; VIBRIO;

EID: 0030068214     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.778-783.1996     Document Type: Article

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