Osmotolerance and hydrocarbon degradation by a genetically engineered microbial consortium

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-245

  Kapley, Atya ^a   Purohit, Hemant J ^a   Chhatre, Suneel ^a   Shanker, Rishi ^a   Chakrabarti, Tapan ^a   Khanna, Purushottam ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Broad host range vector; Hydrocarbonoclastic organism hyper saline condition; Pro U operon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CLONING; GENE TRANSFER; HYDROCARBONS;

BROAD HOST RANGE VECTOR; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS; HYDROCARBON DEGRADING BACTERIA; PRO U OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0033102890     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(98)00121-7     Document Type: Article

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