Reductive dechlorination in the energy metabolism of anaerobic bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 383-398

  Holliger, Christof ^a   Wohlfarth, Gert ^b   Diekert, Gabriele ^b  

^a Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophenol; Corrinoid; Dehalorespiration; Reductive dehalogenation; Tetrachloroethene; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; CHLOROPHENOL; CORRINOID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0032450045     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(98)00030-8     Document Type: Review

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