A novel alkane monooxygenase (alkB) clade revealed by massive genomic survey and its dissemination association with IS elements

Background Alkanes are important components of fossil energy, such as crude oil. The alkane monooxygenase encoded by alkB gene performs the initial step of alkane degradation under aerobic conditions. The alkB gene is well studied due to its ubiquity as well as the availability of experimentally fun...

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Main Authors: Shaojing Wang, Guoqiang Li, Zitong Liao, Tongtong Liu, Ting Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/14147.pdf