Activity and stability of a recombinant plasmid-borne TCE degradative pathway in biofilm cultures

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 318-327

  Sharp, Robert R ^a   Bryers, James D ^b   Jones, Warren G ^b  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Biofilm; Plasmid; Retention; Segregational stability; TCE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DNA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

BIOFILM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PLASMID; PLASMID LOSS; PLASMID LOSS MODEL; TOM PATHWAY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER TREATMENT;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA;

EID: 0032486749     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980805)59:3<318::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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