Community shifts in a seeded 3-chlorobenzoate degrading membrane biofilm reactor: Indications for involvement of in situ horizontal transfer of the clc-element from inoculum to contaminant bacteria

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 70-80

  Springael, Dirk ^a   Peys, Kurt ^a   Ryngaert, Annemie ^a   Van Roy, Sandra ^b   Hooyberghs, Liliane ^c   Ravatn, Roald ^d   Heyndrickx, Marc ^e   Van der Meer, Jan Roelof ^e   Vandecasteele, Carlo ^f   Mergeay, Max ^f   Diels, Ludo ^f  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Australia)

^d College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering ^*  (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; 3-CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROBENZOATES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RALSTONIA METALLIDURANS;

EID: 0036010635     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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