Hybrid pseudomonads engineered by two-step homologous recombination acquire novel degradation abilities toward aromatics and polychlorinated biphenyls

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 915-923

  Suenaga, Hikaru ^a   Nonaka, Kazuhiko ^b   Fujihara, Hidehiko ^c   Goto, Masatoshi ^b   Furukawa, Kensuke ^c  

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

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BEPPU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biphenyl dioxygenase; Biphenyl utilizing bacteria; Bph genes; Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB); Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DIOXYGENASE; BIPHENYL-UTILIZING BACTERIA; BPH GENES; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA SHUFFLING; GENE CLUSTERS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; PSEUDOMONAS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; GENES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DIOXYGENASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; BIPHENYL 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; BIPHENYL-1,2-DIOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PCB; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HYBRID GENE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

BURKHOLDERIA XENOVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXYGENASES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952112941     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2840-8     Document Type: Article

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