Comparative transcriptome analysis of Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1 exposed to the fuel oxygenates methyl tert-butyl ether and ethanol

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7347-7357

  Hristova, Krassimira R ^a   Schmidt, Radomir ^a   Chakicherla, Anu Y ^b   Legler, Tina C ^b   Wu, Janice ^a   Chain, Patrick S ^b,c   Scow, Kate M ^a   Kane, Staci R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCES; FUEL OXYGENATES; MEGAPLASMIDS; POLLUTANT MIXTURES; PUTATIVE FUNCTIONS;

DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; ETHERS; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAYS;

BACTERIA;

2 METHYL 2 HYDROXY 1 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; ALKANE; CYCLOHEXANONE; DIOXYGENASE; FUEL; OXYGENASE; PHENOL; PHENOL HYDROXYLASE; PROPANE MONOOXYGENASE; PROPANOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TOLUENE; TOLUENE MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MTBE; RNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGRADATION; DNA MICROARRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULON;

ALKANES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; DIOXYGENASES; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHYL ETHERS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOLUENE;

METHYLIBIUM PETROLEIPHILUM;

EID: 36649030162     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01604-07     Document Type: Article

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