Simultaneous biodetoxification of S, N, and O pollutants by engineering of a carbazole-degrading gene cassette in a recombinant biocatalyst

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 7373-7376

  Yu, Bo ^a,b   Ma, Cuiqing ^a   Zhou, Wenjuan ^a   Zhu, Shanshan ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Qu, Jingyao ^a   Li, Fuli ^a   Xu, Ping ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCATALYSTS; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEGRADATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITES;

CARBAZOLE; GENE CASSETTE ENCODING; POLLUTANTS;

DETOXIFICATION;

ANTHRANILIC ACID; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SULFUR;

BIOREMEDIATION; CATALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DIBENZOFURAN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SULFIDE (ORGANIC);

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BENZOFURANS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBAZOLES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHODOCOCCUS; SULFUR; THIOPHENES;

RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 33750988508     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01374-06     Document Type: Article

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