Expression of the 2,4-D degradative pathway of pJP4 in an alkaliphilic, moderately halophilic soda lake isolate, Halomonas sp. EF43

Extremophiles

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 375-384

  Kleinsteuber, Sabine ^a   Müller, Roland H ^a   Babel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,4 D; Alkaliphiles; Conjugative transfer; Degradation of chloroaromatic compounds; Halomonas; Halophiles; pJP4

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOMONAS; METABOLISM; PH; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HALOMONAS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0035755489     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920100202     Document Type: Article

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