Isolation and characterization of an atrazine-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain MB-P1 from contaminated soil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 721-729

  Fazlurrahman, ^a   Batra, M ^a   Pandey, J ^a   Suri, C R ^a   Jain, R K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Degradation; In situ bioremediation; Plasmid encoded; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); FATTY ACIDS; HERBICIDES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

16S RRNA GENE; ATRAZINE; ATRAZINE DEGRADATION; ATRAZINES; BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; CELLULAR FATTY ACIDS; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IDEAL MODEL; IN-SITU; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; METABOLIC GENES; PLASMID-ENCODED; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP; SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT; SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON;

DEGRADATION;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; RNA 16S;

ATRAZINE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; FATTY ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NICHE; PLASMID; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS MB P1; SOIL POLLUTION;

RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 70449507932     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02724.x     Document Type: Article

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