Role of Soil pH in the Development of Enhanced Biodegradation of Fenamiphos

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7035-7043

  Singh, Brajesh K ^a,b,c   Walker, Allan ^a   Morgan, J Alun W ^a   Wright, Denis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DNA; GENES; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; SOILS;

FENAMIPHOS; GENE PROFILING;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; FENAMIPHOS; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHOSPHATASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACID SOIL; BIODEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; PH;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; NEMATODA; PSEUDOMONAS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 2142801584     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7035-7043.2003     Document Type: Article

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