Conservation of plasmid-encoded dibenzothiophene desulfurization genes in several rhodococci

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2915-2919

  Denis Larose, Claude ^a   Labbé, Diane ^a   Bergeron, Hélène ^a   Jones, Alison M ^a,d   Greer, Charles W ^a   Al Hawari, Jalal ^a   Grossman, Matthew J ^b   Sankey, Bruce M ^c   Lau, Peter C K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^d CARGILL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; DESULFURIZATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; PLASMID; RHODOCOCCUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0030740918     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2915-2919.1997     Document Type: Article

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