Biodegradation of chloromethane by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain NB1 under nitrate-reducing and aerobic conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4629-4634

  Freedman, David L ^a   Swamy, Meghna ^b   Bell, Nathan C ^c   Verce, Mathew F ^d  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shaw Environmental Infrastructure   (United States)

^c WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

CHLOROMETHANE; DINITROGEN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CARBON; CHLORIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FORMIC ACID; METHANE; METHANOL; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADATION; ENERGY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REDUCTION; SOLID; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; KINETICS; METHYL CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 4143118892     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4629-4634.2004     Document Type: Article

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