Acquisition of a deliberately introduced phenol degradation operon, pheBA, by different indigenous Pseudomonas species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4899-4906

  Peters, M ^a   Heinaru, E ^a   Talpsep, E ^a   Wand, H ^b   Stottmeister, U ^c   Heinaru, A ^a   Nurk, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Saxonian Inst of Appl Biotech   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIODEGRADATION; ESTONIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OIL SHALE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CORRUGATA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FRAGI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0030780752     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4899-4906.1997     Document Type: Article

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