Isolation, identification and characteristics of an endophytic quinclorac degrading bacterium Bacillus megaterium Q3.

In this study, we isolated an endophytic quinclorac-degrading bacterium strain Q3 from the root of tobacco grown in quinclorac contaminated soil. Based on morphological characteristics, Biolog identification, and 16S rDNA sequence analysis, we identified strain Q3 as Bacillus megaterium. We investig...

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Main Authors: Min Liu, Kun Luo, Yunsheng Wang, Aiping Zeng, Xiaomao Zhou, Feng Luo, Lianyang Bai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4171507?pdf=render