Genetic organization of a plasmid from an industrial wastewater bioreactor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Bramucci, Michael ^a   Chen, Mario ^a   Nagarajan, Vasantha ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOREACTORS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GENETICS; PLASMID RELATED FUNCTIONS; PLASMIDS; WASTEWATER BIOREACTORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; GENE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STRAIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 33744467396     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0119-2     Document Type: Article

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