Bacterial community composition determined by culture-independent and -dependent methods during propane-stimulated bioremediation in trichloroethene-contaminated groundwater

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-178

  Connon, Stephanie A ^a   Tovanabootr, Adisorn ^b   Dolan, Mark ^b   Vergin, Kevin ^a   Giovannoni, Stephen J ^a   Semprini, Lewis ^b  

^a Microbiology Department   (India)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; NITRATE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HERBASPIRILLUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, RRNA; HERBASPIRILLUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM; OXALOBACTER; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 12744255035     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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