Effects of different nitrogen sources on lignocellulose degradation and APPL production |
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| Authors: | AH Iyo SP Antai |
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| Institution: | Department of Applied Biology, University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF1 3NJ;*Department of Horticulture, South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, Llandaff Site, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB;†Biological Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK |
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| Abstract: | Naphthalene utilizing bacteria were isolated from several sites above and below the discharge from a coking plant. The distribution of the bacteria was influenced by the effluent. Of these isolates, 11·4% obtained from the effluent discharge site, contained plasmids. No conjugal transfer of naphthalene utilizing ability was observed in over 1000 matings. Curing and transformation experiments demonstrated that one plasmid pNB33 (101 kb) was concerned with naphthalene catabolism. |
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