In situ analysis of denitrifying toluene- and m-xylene-degrading bacteria in a diesel fuel-contaminated laboratory aquifer column

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2136-2141

  Hess, Annatina ^a   Zarda, Boris ^a   Hahn, Dittmar ^a   Häner, Andreas ^a   Stax, Dietmar ^a   Höhener, Patrick ^a   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; DIESEL FUEL; HYDROCARBON; META XYLENE; OXIDIZING AGENT; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; TOLUENE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER GROUP; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DENITRIFICATION; EXHAUST GAS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS EVANSII; AZOARCUS TOLULYTICUS; AZOTOBACTER GROUP; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030970437     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2136-2141.1997     Document Type: Article

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