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Title: | Bacterial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons; a comparative genomics study of the genes involved in the catabolic pathways of naphthalene |
Author: | Varsaki, Athanasia |
Tutor: | Pizarro Tobías, Paloma |
Others: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
Abstract: | Here we propose a comparative genetics study of the genes involved in the catabolic pathway of naphthalene, using the naphthalene 1,2-dioxygenase system ferredoxin-NAD(P)+ reductase enzyme (NahAa, Acc. Number: AAS79488.1) from Pseudomonas putida as a phylogenetic marker. By that way we intent to identify the homologous proteins present in the NCBI databases and through the proteins make conclusions about possible groups of the catabolic pathways of naphthalene and their operon structure. Results of this study indicate that bacteria mainly degrade naphthalene through either the ¿classic¿ nah pathway described for Pseudomonas genus or the alternative gentisate-salicylate pathway. |
Keywords: | catabolic genes bioremediation biodegradation |
Document type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
Issue Date: | 2-Jan-2018 |
Publication license: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
Appears in Collections: | Trabajos finales de carrera, trabajos de investigación, etc. |
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