Genetic potential, diversity and activity of an atrazine-degrading community enriched from a herbicide factory effluent

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1334-1343

  Udikovic Kolic N ^a   Martin Laurent, F ^b   Devers, M ^b   Petric I ^a   Begonja Kolar, A ^a   Hrsak D ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Atrazine; atz; Bacterial community; Biodegradation; Quantitative PCR; trz; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEED CONTROL;

16S RDNA; ATZ; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; GENETIC ACTIVITY; GENETIC POTENTIAL; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; S-TRIAZINES; TRIAZINE COMPOUNDS; TRZ;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; NITROGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ATRAZINE; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA; DOMINANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EFFLUENT; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 54049086578     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03890.x     Document Type: Article

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