Detection and transcription of n-alkane biodegradation genes (alkB) in the genome of a hydrocarbon-oxidizing bacterium Geobacillus subterraneus K

Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 682-691

  Korshunova, A V ^a   Tourova, T P ^b   Shestakova, N M ^b   Mikhailova, E M ^b   Poltaraus, A B ^c   Nazina, T N ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

alkB genes; cDNA; Geobacillus; homologs; mRNA; oil biodegradation; RNA; thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS SUBTERRANEUS;

EID: 80053901235     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261711050079     Document Type: Article

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