Contribution of ethylamine degrading bacteria to atrazine degradation in soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-277

  Smith, Daniel ^a   Crowley, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Biodegradation; Microbial ecology; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMMELINE; ATRAZINE; N ETHYLAMMELIDE; N ISOPROPYLAMMDELIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECHLORINATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; ATZA GENE; ATZB GENE; ATZC GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEALKYLATION; DECHLORINATION; DNA ISOLATION; ECOLOGY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROBACTER; ATRAZINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ETHYLAMINES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 33750068253     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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