Microbial consortia that degrade 2,4-DNT by interspecies metabolism: Isolation and characterisation

Biodegradation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-29

  Snellinx, Zita ^a,b   Taghavi, Safieh ^a   Vangronsveld, Jaco ^b   Van der Lelie, Daniël ^a,c  

^a Environmental Technology   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 DNT; Consortium; Ecology; Nitroaromatic compounds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; DNA; GENES; METABOLISM; SOILS;

MICROBIAL CONSORTIA;

BIODEGRADATION;

2 HYDROXY 5 METHYLQUINONE; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE DIOXYGENASE; 4 METHYL 5 NITROPYROCATECHOL; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGENASE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREMEDIATION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BURKHOLDERIA; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLISM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS MARGINALIS; PSEUDOMONAS VIRIDIFLAVA; SPHINGOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DINITROBENZENES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS MARGINALIS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS VIRIDIFLAVA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VARIOVORAX PARADOXUS;

EID: 0038273910     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023539104747     Document Type: Article

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