Conjugative plasmids and the degradation of arylsulfonates in Comamonas testosteroni

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2403-2410

  Junker, Frank ^a   Cook, Alasdair M ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLSULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIODEGRADATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; REGULATOR GENE; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

EID: 0030945608     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2403-2410.1997     Document Type: Article

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