Engineering Pseudomonas fluorescens for biodegradation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8864-8872

  Monti, Mariela R ^a   Smania, Andrea M ^a   Fabro, Georgina ^a   Alvarez, Maria E ^a   Argaraña, Carlos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PATHOLOGY; SOILS;

CONJUGATIVE TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL ROBUSTNESS; PLASMIDS; STRAINS;

ENZYMES;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; NITROGEN;

BIOENGINEERING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENGINEERING; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKOHOLDERIA DNT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNT GENE; GENE LOSS; GENE TRANSFER; GERMINATION; LETHALITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLASMID; PLASMID JS1; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENCE ATCC 17400; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RECOMBINANT BACTERIUM; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA; TOBACCO;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BURKHOLDERIA; DINITROBENZENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 29144512759     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8864-8872.2005     Document Type: Article

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