Dynamics of the linuron hydrolase libA gene pool size in response to linuron application and environmental perturbations in agricultural soil and on-farm biopurification systems

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2783-2789

  Bers, Karolien ^a   Sniegowski, Kristel ^a   De Mot, René ^a   Springael, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; BIOPURIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; GENE POOLS; LINURON; PHYLOTYPES; REAL-TIME PCR; SOIL MICROCOSMS; SYSTEM-SETUP;

DEGRADATION; FARMS; GENE ENCODING; HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS; STRAIN;

MINERALOGY;

HYDROLASE; LINURON;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERBICIDE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; COMAMONADACEAE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COMAMONADACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HYDROLASES; LINURON; METAGENOME; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

VARIOVORAX;

EID: 84861163933     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06991-11     Document Type: Article

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