Microbial community structure and trichloroethylene degradation in groundwater

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 433-439

  Humphries, J A ^a,c   Ashe, A M H ^b   Smiley, J A ^a   Johnston, C G ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BioRemedial Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Degradation; Groundwater; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

CLONING; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DNA; ETHYLENE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOLS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENCY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

GROUNDWATER;

2 (4 IODOPHENYL) 3 (4 NITROPHENYL) 5 PHENYLTETRAZOLIUM; DNA; GROUND WATER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TETRAZOLIUM; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; INCUBATION TIME; MICROFLORA; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; VARIOVORAX; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AEROBIOSIS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PHENOL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; VARIOVORAX;

EID: 27844575137     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-025     Document Type: Article

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