Facilitation of bacterial adaptation to chlorothalonil-contaminated sites by horizontal transfer of the chlorothalonil hydrolytic dehalogenase gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4268-4272

  Liang, Bin ^a   Wang, Guangli ^a   Zhao, Yanfu ^a   Chen, Kai ^a   Li, Shunpeng ^a   Jiang, Jiandong ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROTHALONIL; DEHALOGENASE GENES; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL TRANSFER; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

BACTERIOLOGY; DETOXIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLOROTHALONIL; HYDROLASE; NITRILE;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FACILITATION; GENE EXPRESSION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRILES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960098755     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02457-10     Document Type: Article

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