Chemotaxis to atrazine and detection of a xenobiotic catabolic plasmid in Arthrobacter sp. DNS10

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2951-2958

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Jiang, Zhao ^a   Cao, Bo ^a   Hu, Miao ^a   Wang, Zhigang ^a   Dong, Xiaonan ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Catabolic plasmid; Chemotaxis; Degradation; Genes

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMOTAXIS; PLASMID; SAMPLING; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.;

EID: 84871720631     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0805-4     Document Type: Article

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