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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... plasmids can be transferred to other strains by conjugation and that the genes can be expressed in the recipient strains . The NAH7 plasmid has two operons involved in naphthalene metabolism : a nah operon that encodes an upper ...
... plasmids can be transferred to other strains by conjugation and that the genes can be expressed in the recipient strains . The NAH7 plasmid has two operons involved in naphthalene metabolism : a nah operon that encodes an upper ...
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... Plasmids Schell ( 1986 ) also compared the nucleotide sequences of the promoter regions of the nah and sal operons of the NAH7 plasmid with those of the xylABC and xylDEFG operons of the TOL plasmid . There was little homology between ...
... Plasmids Schell ( 1986 ) also compared the nucleotide sequences of the promoter regions of the nah and sal operons of the NAH7 plasmid with those of the xylABC and xylDEFG operons of the TOL plasmid . There was little homology between ...
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... plasmid , pUTK21 , that lacks a functional nahG gene for salicylate hy- droxylase . A strain with this mutant plasmid accumulated 1 - hydroxy - 2 - naphthoic acid from phenanthrene ( Sanseverino et al . , 1993 ) . Sayler and Layton ...
... plasmid , pUTK21 , that lacks a functional nahG gene for salicylate hy- droxylase . A strain with this mutant plasmid accumulated 1 - hydroxy - 2 - naphthoic acid from phenanthrene ( Sanseverino et al . , 1993 ) . Sayler and Layton ...
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CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF | 27 |
CLEANUP OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON | 77 |
Bossert and Geoffrey C Compeau | 127 |
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