Modeling of phenoxy acid herbicide mineralization and growth of microbial degraders in 15 soils monitored by quantitative real-time PCR of the functional tfdA gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5305-5312

  Bælum, Jacob ^a,b   Prestat, Emmanuel ^c,d   David, Maude ^c   Strobel, Bjarne ^e   Jacobsen, Carsten ^a,e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID (2 ,4-D); ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; FIRST-ORDER; GENETIC POTENTIAL; KINETIC MODELS; MINERALIZATION POTENTIAL; ORDER 2; PHENOXY ACID; PHENOXY ACID HERBICIDES; PROPANOIC ACID; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR; ZERO ORDER KINETICS;

GENES; HERBICIDES; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS; WEED CONTROL;

MINERALOGY;

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DIOXYGENASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; MECOPROP; MINERAL; PRIMER DNA;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH FORM; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC ACID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; REAL TIME; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DIOXYGENASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HERBICIDES; KINETICS; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84866171041     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00990-12     Document Type: Article

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