Identification of genes coding for hydrolytic dehalogenation in the metagenome derived from a denitrifying 4-chlorobenzoate degrading consortium

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-209

  Chae, Jong Chan ^a   Song, Bongkeun ^b   Zylstra, Gerben J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

4 chlorobenzoate; Denitrifying consortium; Hydrolytic dechlorination; Metagenome

Indexed keywords

4 CHLOROBENZOATE DEHALOGENASE; 4 CHLOROBENZOYL COENZYME A DEHALOGENASE; 4 CHLOROBENZOYL COENZYME A LIGASE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOYL COENZYME A THIOESTERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCALIGENES; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMAMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHALOGENATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS; SCREENING;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROBENZOATES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COSMIDS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATION; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 41049105145     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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