Bacteria of an anaerobic 1,2-dichloropropane-dechlorinating mixed culture are phylogenetically related to those of other anaerobic dechlorinating consortia

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1505-1511

  Schlötelburg, Cord ^a   Von Wintzingerode, Friedrich ^a   Hauck, Regine ^b   Hegemann, Werner ^b   Göbel, Ulf B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,2 dichloropropane; 16S rDNA clone library; Bacterial diversity; Dehalobacter; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROPROPANE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOBACTER; DNA LIBRARY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOBACTER; HALOBACTERIUM; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0342758699     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-4-1505     Document Type: Article

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