Microbial succession during a field evaluation of phenol and toluene as the primary substrates for trichloroethene cometabolism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1515-1522

  Fries, Marcos R ^a,d   Hopkins, Gary D ^b   McCarty, Perry L ^b   Forney, Larry J ^a,c   Tiedje, James M ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOL; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ECOLOGY; EUBACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL GROWTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STRESS;

AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; COMAMONAS; NOCARDIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; VARIOVORAX;

AQUIFER; BIOREMEDIATION; COMETABOLISM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION; TRICHLOROETHENE;

EID: 0030613341     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1515-1522.1997     Document Type: Article

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