Cellulose degradation by micromonosporas recovered from freshwater lakes and classification of these actinomycetes by DNA gyrase B gene sequencing

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7080-7084

  De Menezes, Alexandre B ^a   Lockhart, Robert J ^a   Cox, Michael J ^a   Allison, Heather E ^a   McCarthy, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; LAKES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEDIMENTATION;

ACTINO-MYCETES; CELLULOSE DEGRADATIONS; DNA GYRASE; FRESHWATER LAKES; GENE SEQUENCING; LAKE WATERS; MICROMONOSPORA; SELECTIVE ISOLATIONS; WATER COLUMNS;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

CELLULOSE; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; FRESH WATER; LAKE WATER; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAKE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ECOLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROMONOSPORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CELLULOSE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA GYRASE; DNA, FUNGAL; FRESH WATER; MICROMONOSPORA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; LAKES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEDIMENTATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MICROMONOSPORA; MICROMONOSPORA CHALCEA;

EID: 55949100829     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01092-08     Document Type: Article

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