Prevalence of alkane monooxygenase genes in Arctic and Antarctic hydrocarbon-contaminated and pristine soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-150

  Whyte, L G ^a   Schultz, A ^a   Van Beilen, J B ^b   Luz, A P ^c   Pellizari, V ^c   Labbe D ^a   Greer, C W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkane degradation; Alkane monooxygenase; Antarctica; Arctic; Colony hybridization; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALKANE UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROCARBON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ALKANE; BACTERIUM; CONTAMINATED LAND; HYDROCARBON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINETOBACTER; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIODEGRADATION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; GENOTYPE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0036342960     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00282-9     Document Type: Article

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