Isolation and characterization of a tetrachloroethylene dechlorinating bacterium, Clostridium bifermentans DPH-1

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 489-491

  Chang, Young C ^a   Hatsu, Masahiro ^a   Jung, Kweon ^b   Yoo, Young S ^c   Takamizawa, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul Health College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Halogenated aliphatic compounds; Reductive dechlorination; Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; DNA SEQUENCES; ETHYLENE; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS; RRNA GENE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIA;

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; DECHLORINATION; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033919499     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(00)89102-1     Document Type: Article

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