Evidence for interspecies gene transfer in the evolution of 2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degraders

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4089-4092

  Mcgowan, Catherine ^a,c   Fulthorpe, Roberta ^a,b   Wright, Alice ^a   Tiedje, J M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0031660780     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.4089-4092.1998     Document Type: Article

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