Plasmid-mediated mineralization of carbofuran by Sphingomonas sp. strain CF06

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1332-1337

  Feng, Xiuhong ^a   Ou, Li Tse ^b   Ogram, Andrew ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOFURAN; FATTY ACID; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPHINGOMONAS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0030897550     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1332-1337.1997     Document Type: Article

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