Competition for oxygen and 3-chlorobenzoate between two aerobic bacteria using different degradation pathways

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-179

  Krooneman, Janneke ^a   Moore, Edward R B ^b   Van Velzen, Jeroen C L ^a   Prins, Rudolf A ^a   Forney, Larry J ^a   Gottschal, Jan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes; Kinetic characteristics; Limiting conditions; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; CARBON; CATECHOL; GENTISIC ACID; OXYGEN; OXYGENASE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0031875072     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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