Ecology, physiology, and phylogeny of deep subsurface sphingomonas sp

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 273-283

  Fredrickson, J K ^a   Balkwill, D L ^b   Romine, M F ^a   Shi, T ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic compound; Deep subsurface; Plasmid; S. stygia; S. subterranea; Sphingomonas aromaticivorans

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BIPHENYL; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE; LIGNITE; NAPHTHALENE; PARA CRESOL; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLASMID; SPHINGOMONAS;

NEGIBACTERIA; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM AROMATICIVORANS; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM STYGIUM; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM SUBTERRANEUM; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS AROMATICIVORANS; SPHINGOMONAS STYGIA; SPHINGOMONAS SUBTERRANEA;

EID: 0033370502     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900741     Document Type: Article

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