Aromatic hydrocarbon degradation genes from chronically polluted Subantarctic marine sediments

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 602-608

  Marcos, M S ^a   Lozada, M ^a   Dionisi, H M ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dioxygenases; Intertidal sediments; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Ring hydroxylating oxygenases; Subantarctic marine environments

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIZATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; MARINE POLLUTION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL POPULATION; DEGENERATE PRIMERS; DIOXYGENASE GENES; DIOXYGENASES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GENE FRAGMENTS; GENES ENCODING; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROCARBON POLLUTION; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METAGENOMIC DNA; MOLECULAR TOOLS; RHODOCOCCUS; RING-HYDROXYLATING OXYGENASES; SUBANTARCTIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DIOXYGENASE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; COLD REGION; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENOMICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DNA ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIMELOBACTER SIMPLEX; RHODOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIOIDES; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; TERRABACTER;

EID: 70350026241     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02711.x     Document Type: Article

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