Atrazine degradation by stable mixed cultures enriched from agricultural soil and their characterization

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 986-992

  Siripattanakul, S ^a,b   Wirojanagud, W ^c   McEvoy, J ^d   Limpiyakorn, T ^b   Khan, E ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Atrazine biodegradation; Identification; Klebsiella; Mixed cultures

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; GENES; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; AGROBACTERIA; ATRAZINE BIODEGRADATION; ATRAZINE DEGRADATION; BIODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; CONTAMINATED SOILS; IDENTIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; MIXED CULTURES;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ATRAZINE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; ATZA GENE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL DENSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTICAL DENSITY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA; RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA;

EID: 60049099848     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04075.x     Document Type: Article

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