Molecular basis of a bacterial consortium: Interspecies catabolism of atrazine

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 178-184

  De Souza, Mervyn L ^a,b   Newcombe, David ^c   Alvey, Sam ^c   Crowley, David E ^c   Hay, Anthony ^c   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a,b   Wackett, Lawrence P ^a,b  

^a Department of Biochemistry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODEGRADATION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVIBACTER; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP;

EID: 0031975342     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.178-184.1998     Document Type: Article

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