Reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to ethene by a two- component enzyme pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1270-1275

  Magnuson, Jon K ^a,e   Stern, Robert V ^a,d   Gossett, James M ^b   Zinder, Stephen H ^c   Burris, David R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ETHYLENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES 195;

EID: 0031980176     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1270-1275.1998     Document Type: Article

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