Characterization of fluoranthene- and pyrene-degrading mycobacterium- like strains by RAPD and SSU sequencing

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-56

  Lloyd Jones, Gareth ^a   Hunter, David W F ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Mycobacteria; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation

Indexed keywords

FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RNA GENE; TAXONOMY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FLUORENES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PYRENES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030765430     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00230-9     Document Type: Article

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