Alternative primer sets for PCR detection of genotypes involved in bacterial aerobic BTEX degradation: Distribution of the genes in BTEX degrading isolates and in subsurface soils of a BTEX contaminated industrial site

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-265

  Hendrickx, Barbara ^a,b   Junca, Howard ^c   Vosahlova, Jolana ^d   Lindner, Antje ^e   Rüegg, Irene ^f   Bucheli Witschel, Margarete ^f   Faber, Folkert ^g   Egli, Thomas ^f   Mau, Margit ^e   Schlömann, Michael ^e   Brennerova, Maria ^d   Brenner, VLadimir ^d   Pieper, Dietmar H ^c   Top, Eva M ^b,i   Dejonghe, Winnie ^a   Bastiaens, Leen ^a   Springael, Dirk ^a,h  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^f SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic BTEX biodegradation; BTEX contaminated site; BTEX degrading isolates; Catabolic gene distribution; PCR detection

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASE; ETHYLBENZENE; RNA 16S; TOLUENE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; XYLENE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADATION; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 30944440673     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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