Enhancement of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) degradation in soil by dissemination of catabolic plasmids

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-94

  Top, Eva M ^a   Van Daele, Petra ^a   De Saeyer, Nancy ^a   Forney, Larry J ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2,4 D; Bio augmentation; Catabolic plasmids; Plasmid transfer; Soil

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; PLASMID DNA;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HERBICIDES; PLASMIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031959693     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000663619522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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