Degradation of chlorobenzenes by a strain of Acidovorax avenae isolated from a polluted aquifer

Chemosphere

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-106

  Monferrán, Magdalena V ^a   Echenique, José R ^a   Wunderlin, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acidovorax avenae; Aromatic ring hydroxylating dioxygenase (ARHDO); Biodegradation; Chlorobenzenes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; DNA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDOVORAX AVENAE; AROMATIC-RING-HYDROXYLATING DIOXYGENASE (ARHDO); CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROCATECOLS;

BENZENE;

CHLOROBENZENE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; CHLOROBENZENE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACIDOVORAX AVENAE; AQUIFER; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; RIVER; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACIDOVORAX AVENAE;

EID: 24644493209     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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