Novel methylotrophic bacteria isolated from the River Thames (London, UK)

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3225-3236

  Boden, Rich ^a,b   Thomas, Elizabeth ^a   Savani, Parita ^a   Kelly, Donovan P ^b   Wood, Ann P ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DIMETHYLAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MESYLIC ACID; MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHANE; METHANOL; METHYLAMINE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DIMETHYLAMINES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LONDON; MESYLATES; METHANE; METHANOL; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM CASEI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FLUORANTHENIVORANS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS MELONIS;

EID: 55849100803     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01711.x     Document Type: Article

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