Isolation of alkali-tolerant benzene-degrading bacteria from a contaminated aquifer

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-66

  Fahy, A ^a   Ball, A S ^a,b   Lethbridge, G ^c   Timmis, K N ^a,d   McGenity, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline groundwater; Alkalitolerant; Bacterial isolate; Benzene degradation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BINARY ALLOYS; BIODEGRADATION; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ALKALINE GROUNDWATER; ALKALINES; ALKALITOLERANT; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BENZENE DEGRADATION; BENZENE TOLUENE ETHYLBENZENE XYLENES; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; DEGRADING BACTERIA; HIGH PH; PSEUDOMONAS STRAIN;

BENZENE;

ALKALI; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AQUIFERS; BENZENE; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; GROWTH KINETICS; PH EFFECTS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BENZENE; BTEX; ISOLATED POPULATION; PHYLOGENETICS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGENOPHAGA; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDROGENOPHAGA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SIREN;

EID: 45249083853     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02386.x     Document Type: Article

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