High levels of endemicity of 3-chlorobenzoate-degrading soil bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1620-1627

  Fulthorpe, R R ^a   Rhodes, A N ^b   Tiedje, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; VEGETATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031804722     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1620-1627.1998     Document Type: Article

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