Isolation of Brachymonas petroleovorans CHX, a novel cyclohexane-degrading β-proteobacterium

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Rouvière, Pierre E ^a   Chen, Mario W ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Cycloalkane oxidation; Cyclohexane oxidation; Cyclohexanone oxidation; Petroleum degradation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOALKANE; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANONE; HYDROCARBON; META CRESOL; TOLUENE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; COMAMONADACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; YEAST; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRACHYMONAS; BRACHYMONAS PETROLEOVORANS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CYCLOHEXANES; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 1542753774     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00655-4     Document Type: Article

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