Carbofuran degradation mediated by three related plasmid systems

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-203

  Ogram, A V ^a,b   Duan, Y P ^a   Trabue, S L ^a   Feng, X ^c   Castro, H ^a   Ou, L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Carbofuran; Insecticide; Plasmid; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

CARBOFURAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SPHINGOMONAS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0034116472     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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