Cloning of the organophosphorus pesticide hydrolase gene clusters of seven degradative bacteria isolated from a methyl parathion contaminated site and evidence of their horizontal gene transfer

Biodegradation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 465-472

  Zhang, Ruifu ^a   Cui, Zhongli ^a   Zhang, Xiaozhou ^a   Jiang, Jiandong ^a   Gu, Ji Dong ^b   Li, Shunpeng ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Degradation; Horizontal gene transfer; Organophosphorus hydrolase gene cluster; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOMES; DEGRADATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; HERBICIDES; HYDROLYSIS; PESTICIDES; PROTEINS; RNA;

BACTERIA;

ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; PARATHION METHYL; PESTICIDE;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES; DEGRADATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; HERBICIDES; HYDROLYSIS; PESTICIDES; PROTEINS; RNA;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; CLONE; CONTAMINATED LAND; DEGRADATION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; HOST; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAME; POLLUTION;

ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; METHYL PARATHION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PESTICIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33748657366     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-005-9018-6     Document Type: Article

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