Contribution of quinone-reducing microorganisms to the anaerobic biodegradation of organic compounds under different redox conditions

Biodegradation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-246

  Cervantes, Francisco J ^a,c   Gutiérrez, Claudia H ^a   López, Kitzia Y ^a   Estrada Alvarado, María Isabel ^a   Meza Escalante, Edna R ^b   Texier, Anne Claire ^b   Cuervo, Flor ^b   Gómez, Jorge ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Competition; Denitrification; Humus reduction; Methanogenesis; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WETLANDS;

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; METHANOGENESIS;

MICROORGANISMS;

BENZOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WETLANDS;

ACETATE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; HUMUS; INHIBITION; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; PHENOL; REDOX CONDITIONS; RESPIRATION; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BENZOQUINONES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 39749178990     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-007-9130-x     Document Type: Article

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