Interactions between dissolved natural organic matter and adsorbed DNA and their effect on natural transformation of Azotobacter vinelandii

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 430-435

  Lu, Nanxi ^a   Mylon, Steven E ^b   Kong, Rong ^a   Bhargava, Rohit ^a   Zilles, Julie L ^a   Nguyen, Thanh H ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorbed extracellular DNA; Azotobacter vinelandii; Environmental chemistry; Natural gene transformation; Natural organic matter

Indexed keywords

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR; NATURAL GENES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS;

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOXYLATION; DISSOLUTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; POSITIVE IONS; SILICA;

DNA;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIVALENT CATION; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PLASMID DNA; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIUM; CATION; CHROMOSOME; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DNA; GENE TRANSFER; PLASMID; SILICA;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADSORPTION; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATES; PLASMIDS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 84860650859     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.063     Document Type: Article

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