Effects of bacterial host and dichloromethane dehalogenase on the competitiveness of methylotrophic bacteria growing with dichloromethane

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1194-1202

  Gisi, Daniel ^a   Willi, Laurent ^a   Traber, Hubert ^a   Leisinger, Thomas ^a   Vuilleumier, Stéphane ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DICHLOROMETHANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM SP.; METHYLOPHILUS; METHYLOPHILUS SP.;

EID: 0031958234     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1194-1202.1998     Document Type: Article

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