Genetic Diversity among 3-Chloroaniline- and Aniline-Degrading Strains of the Comamonadaceae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1107-1115

  Boon, Nico ^a   Goris, Johan ^b   De Vos, Paul ^b   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Top, Eva M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROANILINE; 3-CHLOROANILINE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANILINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; TDNQ PROTEIN, COMAMONADEACEAE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSAMINASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035289309     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1107-1115.2001     Document Type: Article

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