Microbial Transformation and Degradation of Toxic Organic ChemicalsLily Y. Young, Carl E. Cerniglia This book examines the role of microbes, from theoretical, field, and applied perspectives, in the degradation of toxic organic chemicals. |
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... antibiotics . The insertion sequences flanking the insertion elements are required for transposition , which means that in principle any segment of DNA that becomes blanked by these sequences may be converted into a transposable element ...
... antibiotics . The insertion sequences flanking the insertion elements are required for transposition , which means that in principle any segment of DNA that becomes blanked by these sequences may be converted into a transposable element ...
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... antibiotics ( “ R factors ” ) were responsible for initiation of intensive research in these extrachromosomal elements . The antibiotic - resistance markers are now exten- sively used in research for the purpose of plasmid ...
... antibiotics ( “ R factors ” ) were responsible for initiation of intensive research in these extrachromosomal elements . The antibiotic - resistance markers are now exten- sively used in research for the purpose of plasmid ...
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... antibiotics and the organic compounds that pollute the environment ( xenobiotics ) . Surprisingly , the molecular bases for resistance to these agents or for their degradation are usually located in plasmids . Catabolic plasmids ...
... antibiotics and the organic compounds that pollute the environment ( xenobiotics ) . Surprisingly , the molecular bases for resistance to these agents or for their degradation are usually located in plasmids . Catabolic plasmids ...
Contents
CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF | 27 |
CLEANUP OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON | 77 |
Bossert and Geoffrey C Compeau | 127 |
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