Molecular and physiological approaches to understanding the ecology of pollutant degradation

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-295

  Watanabe, Kazuya ^a   Hamamura, Natsuko ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; AMMONIA; CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; NAPHTHALENE; OXYGENASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RIBOSOME RNA; TOLUENE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOLOGY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038143253     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(03)00059-4     Document Type: Review

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