Haloalkane-utilizing Rhodococcus strains isolated from geographically distinct locations possess a highly conserved gene cluster encoding haloalkane catabolism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2725-2731

  Poelarends, Gerrit J ^a   Zandstra, Marjan ^a   Bosma, Tjibbe ^a   Kulakov, Leonid A ^b   Larkin, Michael J ^b   Marchesi, Julian R ^c   Weightman, Andrew J ^c   Janssen, Dick B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; HALOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKANES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034098678     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2725-2731.2000     Document Type: Article

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