Naturally occurring bacteria similar to the methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE)-degrading strain PM1 are present in MTBE-contaminated groundwater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2616-2623

  Hristova, Krassimira ^a   Gebreyesus, Binyam ^a   Mackay, Douglas ^a   Scow, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ETHERS; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GROUND WATER; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILTER; CELL DENSITY; DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROCOSM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CALIFORNIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; METHYL ETHERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038559648     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.5.2616-2623.2003     Document Type: Article

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