Horizontal gene transfer to endogenous endophytic bacteria from poplar improves phytoremediation of toluene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8500-8505

  Taghavi, Safiyh ^a,c   Barac, Tanja ^b   Greenberg, Bill ^a   Borremans, Brigitte ^c   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^b   Van Der Lelie, Daniel ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA; LUPINE; PLANT GROWTH; PLASMID CODING;

GENE TRANSFER;

GROUND WATER; TOLUENE;

GENE TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT GROWTH;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULUS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; LUPINUS LUTEUS;

EID: 29144469077     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8500-8505.2005     Document Type: Article

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