Enhanced degradation of phenoxyacetic acid in soil by horizontal transfer of the tfdA gene encoding a 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid dioxygenase

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-84

  De Lipthay, Julia R ^a,b   Barkay, Tamar ^c   Sorensen, Soren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Complementation; Gene transfer; Genetic adaptation; Phenoxyacetic acid; tfdA

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; PHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0035020964     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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