Low-frequency horizontal transfer of an element containing the chlorocatechol degradation genes from Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13 to Pseudomonas putida F1 and to indigenous bacteria in laboratory-scale activated-sludge microcosms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2126-2132

  Ravatn, Roald ^a   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 3 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; CATECHOL; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROCATECHOL; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SURVIVAL; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0031745938     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2126-2132.1998     Document Type: Article

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