Growth of a Dehalococcoides-like microorganism on vinyl chloride and cis-dichloroethene as electron acceptors as determined by competitive PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 953-959

  Cupples, Alison M ^a   Spormann, Alfred M ^a,b   McCarty, Perry L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DEHALOGENATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS;

ELECTRON DONORS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CHLORIDE; DICHLOROETHANE; DNA 16S; HYDROGEN; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM VICTORIA STANFORD; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOGENATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHLORINE; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM VS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0037315711     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.953-959.2003     Document Type: Article

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