Detection and isolation of chloromethane-degrading bacteria from the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere, and characterization of chloromethane utilization genes

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 438-448

  Nadalig, Thierry ^a   Farhan Ul Haque, Muhammad ^a   Roselli, Sandro ^a   Schaller, Hubert ^a   Bringel, Françoise ^a   Vuilleumier, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Chloromethane; Cmu genes; Methyl halide metabolism; Phyllosphere

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DETECTION METHOD; DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; METHYL CHLORIDE; MINERAL; PHYLLOSPHERE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTRATE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HYPHOMICROBIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HYPHOMICROBIUM; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPHOMICROBIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS;

EID: 79960201228     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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