Physiological characterization of a bacterial consortium reductively dechlorinating 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 496-503

  Adrian, Lorenz ^a   Manz, Werner ^a   Szewzyk, Ulrich ^a   Görisch, Helmut ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2,3 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; ACETIC ACID; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; MOLYBDIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DECHLORINATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0031913559     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.496-503.1998     Document Type: Article

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