Diversity of 3-chloroaniline and 3,4-dichloroaniline degrading bacteria isolated from three different soils and involvement of their plasmids in chloroaniline degradation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 315-325

  Dejonghe, Winnie ^a   Goris, Johan ^b   Dierickx, Ann ^a   De Dobbeleer, Veerle ^a   Crul, Katrien ^a   De Vos, Paul ^b   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Top, Eva M ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroaniline; Degradation; Plasmid; Soil enrichment culture; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROALANINE; 3,4 DICHLOROANILINE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMAMONADACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036849709     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00344-6     Document Type: Article

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