Horizontal arsC gene transfer among microorganisms isolated from arsenic polluted soil

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Villegas Torres, Maria F ^a   Bedoya Reina, Oscar C ^a   Salazar, Camilo ^a   Vives Florez, Martha J ^a   Dussan, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

ArsC Gene; Arsenate; Horizontal gene transfer (HGT); Indigenous microorganisms

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; 16S RDNA SEQUENCE; ARSC GENE; ARSENATE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; COLOMBIANS; GC CONTENTS; GENE CODING; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INDIGENOUS MICROORGANISMS; MIGRATION MODEL; MORPHOTYPES; PARTIAL SEQUENCES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POLLUTED SOILS; REDUCTASE ENZYMES;

ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

GENES;

ARSENATE; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; CLADISTICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; HERITABILITY; MORPHOTYPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA SP.;

EID: 78650678167     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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