Isolation of novel bacteria able to degrade α-halocarboxylic acids by enrichment from environmental samples

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 848-855

  Kerr, Linda M ^a   Marchesi, Julian R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Biodegradation; Chlorinated compounds; Dehalogenation; Enterococcus; Novel bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYMES;

BACILLUS; CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; ENTEROCOCCUS; NOVEL BACTERIA;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYMES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DETOXIFICATION; ORGANOHALOGEN;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ENTEROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33745639043     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.10.042     Document Type: Article

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