Diversity of 16S rRNA and dioxygenase genes detected in coal-tar-contaminated site undergoing active bioremediation

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1252-1262

  Kumar, M ^a   Khanna, S ^a  

^a NIIT University   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Bioremediation; Coal tar contaminated site; PAH dioxygenase; PCR clone libraries

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CLONING; COAL TAR; CONTAMINATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; LIBRARIES; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CLONE LIBRARY; COAL-TAR-CONTAMINATED SITE; CONTAMINATED SITES; DIOXYGENASE GENES; DIOXYGENASES; GENE FRAGMENTS; PCR CLONE LIBRARY; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBON DIOXYGENASE; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOREMEDIATION;

COAL TAR; DIOXYGENASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; PYRENE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COAL TAR; CONTAMINATED LAND; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NAPHTHALENE; NUCLEIC ACID; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BETA CHAIN; BINDING SITE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DEINOCOCCI; FIRMICUTES; GEMMATIMONADETES; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCI; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEMMATIMONADETES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77949402285     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04523.x     Document Type: Article

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