Microbial diversity and bioremediation of a hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifer (Vega Baja, Puerto Rico)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 292-300

  Rodríguez Martínez, Enid M ^a   Pérez, Ernie X ^a   Schadt, Christopher W ^b   Zhou, Jizhong ^b,c   Massol Deyá, Arturo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Bioremediation; Functional gene microarray; Tropical environments

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZENE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CYANINE DYE 5; CYTOCHROME C; DIESEL FUEL; DNA 16S; FORMIMIDE; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; IMIDE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; NAPHTHALENE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE; OCTANE; PHENANTHRENE; PYRENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE; PRIMER DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOREMEDIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DSRAB GENE; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE FUNCTION; ISOTHERM; MICROFLORA; NIRK GENE; NIRS GENE; NONHUMAN; NOSZ GENE; PMOA GENE; PUERTO RICO; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLI (CLASS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROCARBONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 35548941447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2006030036     Document Type: Article

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