Identification of a complete methane monooxygenase operon from soil by combining stable isotope probing and metagenomic analysis

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1240-1250

  Dumont, Marc G ^a   Radajewski, Stefan M ^a   Miguez, Carlos B ^b   McDonald, Ian R ^c   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCYSTIS;

EID: 33745134375     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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