Isolation and characterization of a new denitrifying spirillum capable of anaerobic degradation of phenol

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1286-1291

  Shinoda, Yoshifumi ^a   Sakai, Yasuyoshi ^a   Ué, Makiko ^a   Hiraishi, Akira ^b   Kato, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZOIC ACID; PHENOL;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DENITRIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPIRILLUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOARCUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; IRON; MAGNETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOL; PHYLOGENY; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM SP.; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIRILLUM;

EID: 0034115479     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1286-1291.2000     Document Type: Article

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