Abundance, dynamics, and biogeographic distribution of seven Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dioxygenase gene variants in coastal sediments of Patagonia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1589-1592

  Marcos, Magalí S ^a   Lozada, Mariana ^a   Di Marzio, Walter D ^b   Dionisi, Hebe M ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; DIOXYGENASE GENES; GENE VARIANTS; PATAGONIA; TIME SPAN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GENES;

DIOXYGENASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TIMESCALE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT;

ARGENTINA; CHILE; DIOXYGENASES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METAGENOME; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

PATAGONIA;

CYCLOCLASTICUS;

EID: 84857080583     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06929-11     Document Type: Article

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