The diversity of extradiol dioxygenase (edo) genes in cresol degrading rhodococci from a creosote-contaminated site that express a wide range of degradative abilities.

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Analysis of the bacterial population of soil surface samples from a creosote-contaminated site showed that up to 50% of the culturable micro-organisms detected were able to utilise a mixture of cresols. From fifty different microbial isolates fourteen that could utilise more than one cresol isomer were selected and identified by 16S rRNA analysis. Eight isolates were Rhodococcus strains and six were Pseudomonas...

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