Bacterial survival and mineralization of p-nitrophenol in soil by green fluorescent protein-marked Moraxella sp. G21 encapsulated cells

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-236

  Errampalli, Deena ^a   Tresse, Odile ^b   Lee, Hung ^c   Trevors, Jack T ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterium bioremediaton; Ecology; Encapsulation; Green fluorescent protein; Moraxella sp.; p Nitrophenol; Reporter gene; Soil

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; CARRAGEENAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; MINERALIZATION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; FLUORESCENCE; MINERALIZATION; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SOIL TREATMENT; SURVIVAL;

MORAXELLA;

EID: 0032854222     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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