Three of the seven bphC genes of Rhodococcus erythropolis TA421, isolated from a termite ecosystem, are located on an indigenous plasmid associated with biphenyl degradation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3282-3285

  Kosono, Saori ^a   Maeda, Michihisa ^b,c   Fuji, Fumie ^b,d   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL; OXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATABOLISM; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RHODOCOCCUS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHROPOLIS; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS GLOBERULUS;

EID: 0030803913     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3282-3285.1997     Document Type: Article

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