Contribution of increased mutagenesis to the evolution of pollutants-degrading indigenous bacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Ilmjärv, Tanel ^a   Naanuri, Eve ^a   Kivisaar, Maia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS PC20; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS PC24; PSEUDOMONAS MIGULAE; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SHEWANELLA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOREMEDIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 85026830700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182484     Document Type: Article

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