Role of IncP-1β plasmids pWDL7::rfp and pNB8c in chloroaniline catabolism as determined by genomic and functional analyses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 828-838

  Krol J E ^a,f   Penrod, J T ^b   McCaslin, H ^c,g   Rogers, L M ^a   Yano, H ^a   Stancik, A D ^a   Dejonghe, W ^d,h   Brown, C J ^a   Parales, R E ^b   Wuertz, S ^c,e   Top, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g Larry Walker Associates   (United States)

^h FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AROMATIC RINGS; BACTERIAL DEGRADATION; BIO-AUGMENTATION; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLIC ACTIVITY; CATABOLIC PLASMIDS; CHLOROANILINE; CHLOROCATECHOL; COMPLEMENTATION; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; GAIN INSIGHT; GENE CLUSTERS; GENE PRODUCTS; GENOME SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR BASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; PATHWAY GENES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANILINE; DEGRADATION; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOMERS; TRANSCRIPTION;

GENES;

3 CHLOROANILINE; 3-CHLOROANILINE; 4 CHLOROCATECHOL; 4-CHLOROCATECHOL; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CATABOLISM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; GENOME; HOST RANGE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASMID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPOSON;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CATECHOLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84856199527     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07480-11     Document Type: Article

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