Growth of Dehalobacter and Dehalococcoides spp. during degradation of chlorinated ethanes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 428-436

  Grostern, Ariel ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL SUBCULTURES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; RRNA GENES;

BACTERIA;

1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; RNA 16S; VINYL CHLORIDE; 1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE; BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; TRICHLOROETHANE;

BIODEGRADATION; CLONAL GROWTH; ETHANE; GENE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; RNA;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLOROFLEXI; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROFLEXI; DNA, BACTERIAL; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHLOROETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33644848896     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.428-436.2006     Document Type: Article

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