Biodegradation of an alicyclic hydrocarbon by a sulfate-reducing enrichment from a gas condensate-contaminated aquifer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 434-443

  Rios Hernandez, Luis A ^a   Gieg, Lisa M ^a   Suflita, Joseph M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS CONDENSATES; GENES; HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM;

STOICHIOMETRICALLY;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBON; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLCYCLOPENTANE; ETHYLCYCLOPENTYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; ETHYLCYCLOPENTYLPROPIONIC ACID; ETHYLCYCLOPENTYLSUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYLSUCCINIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDES; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESULFOTOMACULUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REDUCTION; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SYNTROPHOBACTER; TECHNIQUE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; DESULFOTOMACULUM; FLEXIBACTER; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; SYNTROPHOBACTER;

EID: 0037227154     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.434-443.2003     Document Type: Article

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