Population dynamics of an introduced bacterium degrading chlorinated benzenes in a soil column and in sewage sludge

Biodegradation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-125

  Tchelet, Ronen ^a   Meckenstock, Rainer ^a   Steinle, Patrick ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Bioremediation; Pseudomonas sp. strain P51; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; METABOLISM; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION;

1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CHLOROBENZENE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BENZENE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLLUTANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROBENZENES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0033117628     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008368006917     Document Type: Article

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