Cloning and nucleotide sequence of carbazole catabolic genes from Pseudomonas stutzeri strain OM1, isolated from activated sludge

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-63

  Ouchiyama, Naoki ^b   Miyachi, Shigeki ^b   Omori, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHEMICALS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbazole catabolic genes; Catechol 2,3 dioxygenase; Microbial degradation; Pseudomonas stutzeri

Indexed keywords

ANTHRANILIC ACID; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CATECHOL; OXYGENASE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0031762849     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.44.57     Document Type: Article

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