Isolation of an anaerobic bacterium which reductively dechlorinates tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene

Biodegradation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 507-511

  Wild, Alex ^a   Hermann, René ^a   Leisinger, Thomas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequence; Anaerobic respiration; Dehalobacter restrictus; Reductive dehalogenation; Tetrachloroethene; Trichloroethene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SUBPHYLUM; DEHALOBACTER RESTRICTUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030428346     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00115297     Document Type: Article

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