Characterisation of bacterial cultures enriched on the chlorophenoxyalkanoic acid herbicides 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid and 4-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) butyric acid

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 561-567

  Smejkal, C W ^a,b   Seymour, F A ^a   Burton, S K ^a   Lappin Scott, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2,4 DB; Biodegradation; Chlorophenoxyalkanoic acids; Herbicides; MCPB

Indexed keywords

4 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXY)BUTYRIC ACID; 4 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)BUTYRIC ACID; BACTERIAL RNA; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; PHENOL; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREVUNDIMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHROBACTRUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA SEQUENCE; SOIL MICROFLORA; STENOTROPHOMONAS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HERBICIDES; OCHROBACTRUM; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; NEGIBACTERIA; OCHROBACTRUM; PSEUDOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 0141887442     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-003-0086-5     Document Type: Article

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