Substrate specificity of chlorophenoxyalkanoic acid-degrading bacteria is not dependent upon phylogenetically related tfdA gene types

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 507-513

  Smejkal, Christopher W ^a   Vallaeys, Tatiana ^b   Burton, Sara K ^a   Lappin Scott, Hilary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase; 2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Biodegradation; Mecoprop; TfdA

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBON SOURCE; CHLOROPHENOXYALKANOIC ACID; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC STRAIN; MICROBE METABOLISM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PHENOXYALKANOATE HERBICIDE; RACEMIC MIXTURE;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; BURKHOLDERIA SP. RASC; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SP.; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0034954581     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740100360     Document Type: Article

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