Quantifying genes and transcripts to assess the in situ physiology of "Dehalococcoides" spp. in a trichloroethene-contaminated groundwater site

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2728-2739

  Lee, Patrick K H ^a   Macbeth, Tamzen W ^b   Sorenson Jr , Kent S ^c   Deeb, Rula A ^d   Alvarez Cohen, Lisa ^a,e  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b North Wind Incorporated   (United States)

^c CDM SMITH   (United States)

^d MALCOLM PIRNIE INC   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; GENE ENCODING; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA;

BIOAUGMENTATION; BIOMARKER DYNAMICS; BIOSTIMULATION;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; RIBOSOME RNA; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; BIOREMEDIATION; GENE; GENOME; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BVCA GENE; CELL GROWTH; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; TCEA GENE; UNITED STATES; VCRA GENE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROFLEXI; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYMES; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; WASHINGTON; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 43049130733     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02199-07     Document Type: Article

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