Isolation and characterization of Tn-Dha1, a transposon containing the tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase of Desulfitobacterium hafniense strain TCE1

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-117

  Maillard, Julien ^a   Regeard, Christophe ^a,b   Holliger, Christof ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHALOBACTER RESTRICTUS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM HAFNIENSE; DESULFITOBACTERIUM SP.; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 12544251874     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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