Isolation and characterization of a novel simazine-degrading bacterium from agricultural soil of central Chile, Pseudomonas sp. MHP41

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-190

  Hernández, Marcela ^a,b   Villalobos, Patricio ^a   Morgante, Verónica ^a   González, Myriam ^a   Reiff, Caroline ^c   Moore, Edward ^c,d   Seeger, Michael ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; atz genes; Biodegradation; Pseudomonas sp. strain MHP41; Simazine

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SIMAZINE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCATALYST; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

ATRAZINE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHILE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIMAZINE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS MULTIRESINIVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS NITROREDUCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP;

EID: 49749118721     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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