Characterization of biphenyl dioxygenase sequences and activities encoded by the metagenomes of highly polychlorobiphenyl-contaminated soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2706-2715

  Standfuß Gabisch, Christine ^a   Al Halbouni, Djamila ^a,b   Hofer, Bernd ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; AMPLICONS; AROMATIC RINGS; BIPHENYL DIOXYGENASE; CELL EXTRACTS; CHLOROBIPHENYL; CLUSTER-II; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; DIOXYGENASES; DNA SEGMENTS; METAGENOMES; PCR AMPLIFICATION; PRODUCT RANGES; RECOMBINANT HOSTS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE IDENTITY; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY;

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DIOXYGENASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; PCB; RECOMBINATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIOXYGENASES; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

RHODOCOCCUS JOSTII;

EID: 84861117179     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07381-11     Document Type: Article

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