Conjugative transfer of the IncP-7 carbazole degradative plasmid, pCAR1, in river water samples

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-122

  Shintani, Masaki ^a   Fukushima, Naoya ^b   Tezuka, Meguru ^b   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbazole; IncP 7; pCAR1; Plasmid; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

CARBAZOLE; INCP-7; PCAR1; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (RFP); TRANSCONJUGANTS;

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE ENCODING; GENE TRANSFER; RIVERS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBAZOLE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOREMEDIATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBAZOLES; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STENOTROPHOMONAS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

EID: 36649000680     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9519-y     Document Type: Article

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