A bioremediation approach using natural transformation in pure-culture and mixed-population biofilms

Biodegradation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 545-557

  Perumbakkam, Sudeep ^a   Hess, Thomas F ^a   Crawford, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Biofilm; Bioremediation; DNA transformation; Xenobiotic compound

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREMEDIATION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ATRAZINE; DNA TRANSFORMATION; XENOBIOTIC COMPOUND;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

ATRAZINE; ATRAZINE CHLOROHYDROLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYDROLASE;

BIOFILMS; BIOREMEDIATION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION; XENOBIOTICS;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACINETOBACTER; ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROLASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750541240     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-005-9025-7     Document Type: Article

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