Detection by PCR of reductive dehalogenase motifs in a sulfidogenic 2-bromophenol-degrading consortium enriched from estuarine sediment

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-324

  Rhee, Sung Keun ^a   Fennell, Donna E ^a   Häggblom, Max M ^a   Kerkhof, Lee J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron sulfur cluster; PCR; Pseudogene; Reductive dehalogenase; Transposon

Indexed keywords

2 BROMOPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MICROORGANISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBON SOURCE; DEHALOGENATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESTUARY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; SULFUROSPIRILLUM; SULFUROSPIRILLUM MULTIVORANS; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037375060     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00435-X     Document Type: Article

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