Characterization of a pyrene-degrading Mycobacterium sp. strain CH-2

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 698-706

  Churchill, Perry F ^a   Morgan, Adam C ^a   Kitchens, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkane; Degradation; Metabolism; Mycobacteria; PAH; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AMPLIFICATION; ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; GAS PLANTS; HYDROCARBONS; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

16S RDNA SEQUENCES; A PYRENES; ALKANE; DEGENERATE PRIMERS; DIOXYGENASES; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUORANTHENE; GENOMIC LIBRARIES; LAC OPERONS; MANUFACTURED GAS PLANTS; MINERALIZATION ASSAYS; MOLECULAR PROBES; MONOOXYGENASE; MONOOXYGENASE GENES; MYCOBACTERIA; PAH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; PRIMER EXTENSIONS; PROMOTER FRAGMENTS; PROMOTER REGIONS; PUTATIVE GENES; REGULATION; REPORTER GENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; SOLE CARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; PAH; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM VANBAALENII PYR-1;

EID: 54549122606     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601230802388801     Document Type: Article

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