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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Isolation and Partial Characterization of a Pseudomonas Species That Degrades 3,6-Dichloro-2-Methoxybenzoic Acid (Analog Enrichment)
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe capacity to degrade aromatic compounds completely with even complex structures is not an unusual property of bacteria. However, chlorinated aromatic compounds tend to resist degradation. Recently, bacteria have been isolated which can utilize some chlorinated compounds as growth substrates. Bacteria capable of degrading these chlorinated compounds have been found to elaborate plasmids that encode for degradation. This present study sought to determine if a bacterium capable of utilizing 3-6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid (Dicamba) as a growth substrate could be isolated from an agricultural soil. Secondly, an assessment was made of the role of plasmid DNA in Dicamba degradation.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Agronomy
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Hicks, Ronald J.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8610937
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71621