Anaerobic utilization of alkylbenzenes and n-alkanes from crude oil in an enrichment culture of denitrifying bacteria affiliating with the β-subclass of Proteobacteria

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-157

  Rabus, R ^a   Wilkes, H ^b   Schramm, A ^a   Harms, G ^a   Behrends, A ^a   Amann, R ^a   Widdel, F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; THAUERA;

ALKANE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; PETROLEUM; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; THAUERA;

ALKANES; ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOARCUS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CULTURE MEDIA; NITRATES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; THAUERA;

EID: 0033108165     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.1999.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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