Molecular biological enhancement of coal desulfurization: Cloning and expression of the sulfoxide/sulfone/sulfonate/sulfate genes in pseudomonads and thiobacillae

Technical Report · Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5983889

Krawiec, S

A genetic character is a stable, heritable feature of an organism. Such genetic features are manifest in phenotypes. The preceding claims are fundamental tenets of genetic analysis. Observations which conform to these claims are reliable. But sometimes observations from carefully executed experiments do not correspond with expectation. Traits sometimes are not stable, or they are transmitted irregurlarly to subsequent generations, or the phenotype exhibits variation for reasons which are not readily identifiable. Such confounding circumstances have characterized the research efforts of the Lehigh group during the past quarter. A useful aspect of unanticipated laboratory observations is that they necessitate an examination of the hypotheses, protocols, procedures, materials et cetera used in experimentation. Much of the progress during the current quarter comes from such assessments. 17 refs.

• Research Organization: Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA (USA). Dept. of Biology
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-89PC89903
• OSTI ID: 5983889
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/89903-T3; ON: DE91009492
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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