A 90-kilobase conjugative chromosomal element coding for biphenyl and salicylate catabolism in Pseudomonas putida KF715

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1949-1955

  Nishi, Akito ^a   Tominaga, Kiyomi ^a   Furukawa, Kensuke ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BENZOIC ACID; BIPHENYL; SALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CATABOLISM; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BENZOIC ACID; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SALICYLATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0034019603     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1949-1955.2000     Document Type: Article

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