Characterization of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation gene cluster in a phenanthrene-degrading Acidovorax strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2613-2620

  Singleton, David R ^a,b   Ramirez, Liza Guzmán ^a   Aitken, Michael D ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO [A] PYRENE; CHRYSENE; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DIOXYGENASE GENES; ENERGY SOURCE; FLUORANTHENE; GENE CLUSTERS; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ORGANIZATION; GENE TRANSCRIPTS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; PSEUDOMONAS STRAIN; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; SOLE CARBON; SOUTHERN HYBRIDIZATION; STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; GENES; NAPHTHALENE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

DEGRADATION;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARBON 14; CHRYSENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIHYDRODIOL DEHYDROGENASE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RNA; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; DIOXYGENASE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHROMOSOME; DNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLITE; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ACIDOVORAX; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREACTOR; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SOIL POLLUTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMAMONADACEAE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACIDOVORAX; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; PSEUDOMONAS;

COMAMONADACEAE; DIOXYGENASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENANTHRENES; PHYLOGENY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 65549132346     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01955-08     Document Type: Article

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