Degradative capacities and 16S rRNA-targeted whole-cell hybridization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in an anaerobic enrichment culture utilizing alkylbenzenes from crude oil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3605-3613

  Rabus, Ralf ^a   Fukui, Manabu ^b   Wilkes, Heinz ^c   Widdel, Friedrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLBENZENE; ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; CELL DNA; ORTHO XYLENE; PETROLEUM; TOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESULFOVIBRIO; DNA PROBE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PIPELINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTERACEAE; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO SP.; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE; VIBRIO;

EID: 0029739071     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3605-3613.1996     Document Type: Article

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