Stable carbon isotope fractionation during degradation of dichloromethane by methylotrophic bacteria

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 156-164

  Nikolausz, Marcell ^a   Nijenhuis, Ivonne ^a   Ziller, Katja ^a   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a   Kästner, Matthias ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLORIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE DEHALOGENASE; LYASE; NITRATE; NITRITE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHLORIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LYASES; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMICROBIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOPHILUS; METHYLOPILA; METHYLORHABDUS;

EID: 33644944480     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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