Cleaning up behind us. The potential of genetically modified bacteria to break down toxic pollutants in the environment

EMBO Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 357-359

  de Lorenzo, V ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKYLBENZOIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA MODIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL TREATMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0034984682     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kve100     Document Type: Article

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