Two- and three-domain bacterial laccase-like genes are present in drained peat soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 975-983

  Ausec, Luka ^a   van Elsas, Jan Dirk ^b   Mandic Mulec, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial laccases; CuA1F Cu4R; Diversity; Laccase like sequences; Peat soil; Three domain laccases; Two domain laccases

Indexed keywords

CUA1F-CU4R; DIVERSITY; LACCASES; PEAT SOIL; THREE-DOMAIN LACCASES; TWO-DOMAIN LACCASES;

ALKALINITY; BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; GENES; PEAT; SOILS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEAT SOIL; PH; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79952446040     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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