Quantitative and specific detection of a trichloroethylene-degrading methanotroph, Methylocystis sp. strain M, by a most probable number-polymerase chain reaction method

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2673-2681

  Kikuchi, Takeshi ^a   Iwasaki, Kazuhiro ^b   Nishihara, Hirofumi ^a   Takamura, Yoshichika ^a   Yagi, Osami ^c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methanotroph; MPN PCR; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOCYSTIS;

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035752769     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.2673     Document Type: Article

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