Characterization of the 450-kb Linear Plasmid in a Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrader, Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2021-2028

  Shimizu, Satoru ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Masai, Eiji ^a   Fukuda, Masao ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHODOCOCCUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035350114     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.5.2021-2028.2001     Document Type: Article

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