Community analyses of sulfidogenic 2-bromophenol-dehalogenating and phenol-degrading microbial consortia

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-147

  Knight, Victoria K ^a   Kerkhof, Lee J ^a   Häggblom, Max M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromophenol; Community analysis; Dehalogenation; Sulfate reduction; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HALOPHENOL; PHENOL; RNA 16S; SULFATE;

BACTERIUM; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DEHALOGENATION; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANAEROFLEXUS; ANAEROFLEXUS MARITIMUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFOMONILE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOMICROSPIRA; THIOMICROSPIRA DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0032815602     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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