Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by a new marine bacterium, Neptunomonas naphthovorans gen. nov., sp. nov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 251-259

  Hedlund, Brian P ^a   Geiselbrecht, Allison D ^a   Bair, Timothy J ^a,b   Staley, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA; CELL STRUCTURE; GENE ISOLATION; NEPTUNOMONAS NAPHTHOVORANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEPTUNOMONAS NAPHTHOVORANS; OCEANOSPIRILLUM; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0032959907     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.251-259.1999     Document Type: Article

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