Characterization of estrogen-degrading bacteria isolated from an artificial sandy aquifer with ultrafiltered secondary effluent as the medium

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1163-1171

  Ke, Jinxia ^a   Zhuang, Weiqin ^a   Gin, Karina Yew Hoong ^a   Reinhard, Martin ^b   Hoon, Lim Tok ^a   Tay, Joo Hwa ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biodegradation; Estrogens; Isolation; Tropical aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ULTRAFILTRATION;

ACINETOBACTERS; ESTROGENS; TROPICAL AQUIFERS;

BACTERIA;

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; ESTROGEN; WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; HORMONE; MICROCOSM; OXIC CONDITIONS; SAND; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ACINETOBACTER; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; GENUS; GRAM STAINING; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPHINGOMONAS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA; ESTROGENS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; AGROMYCES; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 34250681429     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-0923-y     Document Type: Article

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