Bioaugmentation of activated sludge by an indigenous 3-chloroaniline- degrading Comamonas testosteroni strain, I2gfp

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2906-2913

  Boon, Nico ^a   Goris, Johan ^b   De Vos, Paul ^b   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Top, Eva M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROALANINE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, RRNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033944430     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.2906-2913.2000     Document Type: Article

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