Characterization of two tetrachloroethene-reducing, acetate-oxidizing anaerobic bacteria and their description as Desulfuromonas michiganensis sp. nov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2964-2974

  Sung, Youlboong ^a   Ritalahti, Kirsti M ^a,c   Sanford, Robert A ^d   Urbance, John W ^c   Flynn, Shannon J ^c   Tiedje, James M ^c   Löffler, Frank E ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DECHLORINATION; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATES;

AQUIFER MATERIALS;

BACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; CHLOROETHENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; FERRIC ION; FUMARIC ACID; IRON REDUCTASE; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; NITRATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; SUCCINIC ACID; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFUR; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; THIOSULFATE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETATE; AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OXIDATION; TAXONOMY;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; DENSITY; DESULFUROMONAS MICHIGANENSIS; ELECTRON; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GEOBACTERACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PH; PHENOTYPE; REDUCTION; RIVER; RNA SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACETIC ACID; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFUROMONAS; DESULFUROMONAS MICHIGANENSIS; GEOBACTERACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0037882264     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2964-2974.2003     Document Type: Article

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