Plasmid diversity within a 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid-degrading Variovorax paradoxus population isolated from a contaminated soil

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 963-976

  Di Giovanni, George D ^a   Neilson, Julia W ^a   Pepper, Ian L ^a   Sinclair, Norval A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 D; Biodegradation; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CLONING; CONTAMINATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IN SITU PROCESSING; SOILS;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; CLONES; CONTAMINATED SOIL; DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; IN SITU GENE TRANSFER; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION EVENTS;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PLASMID; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030152841     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529609376400     Document Type: Article

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