Genetically engineering Bacillus subtilis with a heat-resistant arsenite methyltransferase for bioremediation of arsenic-contaminated organic waste

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 6718-6724

  Huang, Ke ^a   Chen, Chuan ^a   Shen, Qirong ^a   Rosen, Barry P ^b   Zhao, Fang Jie ^a,c  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MANURES; WASTES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS; HEAT RESISTANT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROOF OF CONCEPT; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

POLLUTION;

ALGA; ARSENITE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPOSTING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MANURE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE;

ARSENIC; ARSENITE METHYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENZYME STABILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84940781540     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01535-15     Document Type: Article

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