A Pseudomonas putida strain genetically engineered for 1,2,3-trichloropropane bioremediation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 5467-5476

  Samin, Ghufrana ^a,c   Pavlova, Martina ^b,d   Arif, M Irfan ^a   Postema, Christiaan P ^a   Damborsky, Jiri ^b   Janssen, Dick B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^d Favea Ingredients ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MICROBIOLOGY; PACKED BEDS;

AEROBIC BIOREMEDIATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIODEGRADATION PATHWAYS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; OXIDATIVE METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA STRAIN; WHOLE CELL BIOCATALYSTS;

CLONING;

BIOREMEDIATION; CLONE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

1,2,3-TRICHLOROPROPANE; HALOALKANE DEHALOGENASE; HYDROLASE; POLLUTANT; PROPANE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSPOSON;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLASMID; POLLUTANT; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSPOSON;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLASES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLASMIDS; PROPANE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84905904264     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01620-14     Document Type: Article

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