A 1,1,1-trichloroethane-degrading anaerobic mixed microbial culture enhances biotransformation of mixtures of chlorinated ethenes and ethanes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7849-7856

  Grostern, Ariel ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CELL CULTURE; GROUNDWATER; MIXTURES; OLEFINS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORINATED ORGANICS; ETHENES; MICROBIAL CULTURE;

MICROORGANISMS;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DECHLORINATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORINATION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOBACTER; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPILLAGE; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHLOROETHANES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOBACTER; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO SP.;

EID: 33845528331     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01269-06     Document Type: Article

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