Effect of pyocyanin on a crude-oil-degrading microbial community

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4004-4011

  Norman, R Sean ^a,b   Moeller, Peter ^b   McDonald, Thomas J ^c   Morris, Pamela J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Ctr Coast Environ Hlth B   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES;

DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (DGGE); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; OIL-DEGRADING CULTURE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON; CATALASE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; HOPANOID; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM; PYOCYANINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING COMPETITION; BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION KINETICS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATALASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PETROLEUM; PYOCYANINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 3242785816     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4004-4011.2004     Document Type: Article

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