Identification and characterization of o-xylene-degrading Rhodococcus spp. which were dominant species in the remediation of o-xylene-contaminated soils

Biodegradation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-26

  Taki, Hironori ^a,b   Syutsubo, Kazuaki ^a,c   Mattison, Richard G ^a   Harayama, Shigeaki ^a,d  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; o xylene; Population analysis; Rhodococcus; Soil

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; POPULATION ANALYSIS; RHODOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; GROWTH KINETICS;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

2 XYLENE; 2-XYLENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; GROWTH KINETICS; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; GROWTH RATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL REMEDIATION; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS KOREENSIS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

EID: 33845892507     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-005-9030-x     Document Type: Article

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