Isolation and properties of a pure bacterial strain capable of fluorobenzene degradation as sole carbon and energy source

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 294-298

  Carvalho, M F ^a   Ferreira Jorge, R ^a   Pacheco, C C ^b   De Marco, P ^b   Castro, P M L ^a  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 FLUOROBENZOIC ACID; 2-FLUOROBENZOIC ACID; 4 FLUOROBENZOIC ACID; 4 FLUOROPHENOL; 4-FLUOROBENZOIC ACID; 4-FLUOROPHENOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORIDE; FLUOROBENZENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENZOIC ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLUORIDES; FLUOROBENZENES; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 12744260016     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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