Novel organization of aromatic degradation pathway genes in a microbial community as revealed by metagenomic analysis

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1335-1348

  Suenaga, Hikaru ^a   Koyama, Yoshinori ^a   Miyakoshi, Masatoshi ^b   Miyazaki, Ryo ^b,e   Yano, Hirokazu ^b,f   Sota, Masahiro ^c   Ohtsubo, Yoshiyuki ^b   Tsuda, Masataka ^b   Miyazaki, Kentaro ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Osaka City University Medical School   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Degradation pathways; Extradiol dioxygenase; Metagenomics; Mobile genetic element

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIAL DNA; CIRCULAR DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMID; SEWAGE; SYNTENY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; SYNTENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 72649090171     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.76     Document Type: Article

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