Spore-forming, Desulfosporosinus-like sulphate-reducing bacteria from a shallow aquifer contaminated with gasolene

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 248-259

  Robertson, W J ^a,b   Franzmann, P D ^a   Mee, B J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; ETHYLBENZENE; FATTY ACIDS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; NAPHTHALENE; RNA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; CONTAMINATED SITES; CURVED ROD; MINERALISATION; P-XYLENE; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; TRIMETHYLBENZENE; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

TOLUENE;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; NAPHTHALENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEGRADATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REDUCTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOSPOROSINUS; DESULFOSPOROSINUS ORIENTIS; DESULFOTOMACULUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034103639     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2000.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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