Isolation of a biphenyl-degrading bacterium, Achromobacter sp. BP3, and cloning of the bph gene cluster

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-370

  Hong, Qing ^a,b   Dong, Xiaojun ^b   He, Lijuan ^b   Jiang, Xin ^a   Li, Shunpeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Biphenyl; bph cluster; Degradation; Mobile genetic element

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCES; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIPHENYL; BPH CLUSTER; CHROMOSOME WALKINGS; DNA FRAGMENTS; GENE CLUSTERS; GENES ENCODING; INTEGRASE; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENT; PCR AMPLIFICATIONS; PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SOILS;

AMPLIFICATION; CLONING; DEGRADATION; DNA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SOIL POLLUTION;

GENES;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; OIL POLLUTION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACHROMOBACTER; ACHROMOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67349149034     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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