Involvement of two plasmids in the degradation of carbaryl by Arthrobacter sp. strain RC100

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1015-1019

  Hayatsu, Masahito ^a   Hirano, Motoko ^a   Nagata, Tadahiro ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Research Institute of Food   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHOL; CARBAMIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CARBARIL; GENTISIC ACID; HYDROLASE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; HYDROLYSIS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

ARTHROBACTER;

EID: 0032985527     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1015-1019.1999     Document Type: Article

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