Detection and quantification of Geobacter lovleyi strain SZ: Implications for bioremediation at tetrachloroethene- and uranium-impacted sites

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6898-6904

  Amos, Benjamin K ^a   Sung, Youlboong ^b,c,f   Fletcher, Kelly E ^a   Gentry, Terry J ^b,g   Wu, Wei Min ^d   Criddle, Craig S ^d   Zhou, Jizhong ^b,c   Löffler, Frank E ^a,e  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CELL CULTURE; DNA; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RNA; URANIUM;

ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; GEOBACTER LOVLEYI STRAIN SZ; MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

BACTERIA;

RNA 16S; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; URANIUM;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; DETECTION METHOD; GENE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROWTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; URANIUM;

ACCURACY; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER LOVLEYI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOBACTER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER LOVLEYI;

EID: 35948948302     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01218-07     Document Type: Article

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