Abundance of novel and diverse tfdA-like genes, encoding putative phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicide-degrading dioxygenases, in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-128

  Zaprasis, Adrienne ^a   Liu, Ya Jun ^a   Liu, Shuang Jiang ^a   Drake, Harold L ^a   Horn, Marcus A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; BACTERIAL SPECIES; BIOTIC DEGRADATION; COPY NUMBER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIOXYGENASES; DRY WEIGHT; GENE LIBRARIES; GENE SIMILARITY; IN-SILICO; KETOGLUTARATE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIMER SETS; PROTEIN SEQUENCES; QUANTITATIVE KINETICS; SOIL BACTERIUM; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; HERBICIDES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOILS; WEED CONTROL;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; DIOXYGENASE; HERBICIDE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBICIDE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIOXYGENASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBICIDES; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 76149122485     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01727-09     Document Type: Article

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