Conversion of Sphingobium chlorophenolicum ATCC 39723 to a hexachlorobenzene degrader by metabolic engineering

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 2283-2286

  Yan, Da Zhong ^a,b   Liu, Hong ^a   Zhou, Ning Yi ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

CYTOCHROME; PENTACHLOROPHENOL DEGRADER; RECOMBINATION; SPHINGOBIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM ATCC 39723;

GENES;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CAMA GENE; CAMB GENE; CAMC GENE; GENE CASSETTE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; SPHINGOBIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CAMPHOR 5-MONOOXYGENASE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPHINGOMONADACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOBIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM;

EID: 33644959264     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.3.2283-2286.2006     Document Type: Article

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