Taxonomic and functional diversity of atrazine-degrading bacterial communities enriched from agrochemical factory soil

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 355-367

  Udikovic Kolic N ^a   Hrak D ^a   Devers, M ^b   Klepac Ceraj, V ^c   Petric I ^a   Martin Laurent, F ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Atz genes; Bacterial community; Biodegradation; Diversity; Trz genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; GENES; HERBICIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SOILS;

16S RDNA CLONE LIBRARY; ATZ GENES; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CATABOLIC GENES; DIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; GENE COMBINATIONS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY; TRZ GENE;

BIODEGRADATION;

ATRAZINE; DNA 16S; HERBICIDE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATABOLISM; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDES; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL MICROFLORA; TOXICOKINETICS; TRZ GENE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953554125     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04700.x     Document Type: Article

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