Genomic and transcriptomic studies of an RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5- trinitro-1,3,5-triazine)-degrading actinobacterium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7798-7800

  Chen, Hao Ping ^a,c   Zhu, Song Hua ^a   Casabon, Israël ^a   Hallam, Steven J ^a   Crocker, Fiona H ^b   Mohn, William W ^a   Indest, Karl J ^b   Eltis, Lindsay D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GORDONIA SP; METABOLIC RECONSTRUCTION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; CATABOLISM; EXPLOSIVE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; RECONSTRUCTION; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GORDONIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOCOCCUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIACEAE; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIAZINES;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; GORDONIA SP.;

EID: 84868614745     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02120-12     Document Type: Article

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