The degradation of n-hexadecane in soil by thermophilic geobacilli

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-54

  Marchant, Roger ^a   Sharkey, Freddie H ^a   Banat, Ibrahim M ^a   Rahman, Thahira J ^a   Perfumo, Amedea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkane mono oxygenase; Gene expression; Geobacillus; Reverse transcription PCR; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; HEXADECANE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; ALKANES; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS CALDOXYLOSILYTICUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOLEOVORANS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 33645030815     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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