Degradation of aroclor 1242 dechlorination products in sediments by Burkholderia xenovorans LB400(ohb) and Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1(fcb)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2476-2482

  Rodrigues, Jorge L M ^a   Kachel, C Alan ^a   Aiello, Michael R ^a,b   Quensen, John F ^a   Maltseva, Olga V ^a   Tsoi, Tamara V ^a   Tiedje, James M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOVAL; SEDIMENTS; STRAIN;

4-CHLOROBENZOATE; AEROBIC BIOTREATMENT; BURKHOLDERIA XENOVORANS STRAIN; OXYGENOLYTIC ORTHO DEHALOGENATION (OHB);

DECHLORINATION;

2 CHLOROBENZOATE; 2 CHLOROBIPHENYL; 4 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; INSECTICIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEDIMENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA XENOVORANS; CELL DENSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DECHLORINATION; FCB OPERON; GENETIC STABILITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OHB OPERON; OPERON; POLLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION;

AROCLORS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BURKHOLDERIA; CHLORINE; CHLOROBENZOATES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OPERON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA XENOVORANS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33646106096     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2476-2482.2006     Document Type: Article

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