Quantitative assessment of phenol hydroxylase diversity in bioreactors using a functional gene analysis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 863-872

  Basile, Laura A ^a   Erijman, Leonardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; DGGE; Phenol biodegradation; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GENE ANALYSIS; PHENOL HYDROXYLASE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; CLONING; PHENOLS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; OXYGENASE; PHENOL; PHENOL HYDROXYLASE; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DNA; ENZYME; GENE; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHENOL; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; BATCH REACTOR; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LMPH GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOREACTORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE DOSAGE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 41049095789     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1351-3     Document Type: Article

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