Occurrence of several genes encoding putative reductive dehalogenases in Desulfitobacterium hafniense/frappieri and Dehalococcoides ethenogenes

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 697-706

  Villemur, Richard ^a   Saucier, Maude ^a   Gauthier, Annie ^a   Beaudet, Réjean ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorinated compounds; Desulfitobacterium; Gene family; Halorespiration; Reductive dehalogenases

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLONING; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYMES; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

OPEN READING FRAMES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ETHYLENE; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; DATA BASE; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DEHALOGENATION; DESULFITOBACTERIUM FRAPPIERI; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM FRAPPIERI; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036436529     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w02-057     Document Type: Article

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