Degradation of estrogens by Rhodococcus zopfii and Rhodococcus equi isolates from activated sludge in wastewater treatment plants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5283-5289

  Yoshimoto, Takeshi ^a   Nagai, Fumiko ^a   Fujimoto, Junji ^a   Watanabe, Koichi ^a   Mizukoshi, Harumi ^a   Makino, Takashi ^a   Kimura, Kazumasa ^a   Saino, Hideyuki ^b   Sawada, Haruji ^a   Omura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ALCOHOLS; BIODEGRADATION; DNA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ESTROGENS; POLYMORPHISM; RHODOCOCCUS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST CANCER; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RHODOCOCCUS ZOPFII; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ESTROGENS; KINETICS; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RHODOCOCCUS ZOPFII;

EID: 4644265621     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5283-5289.2004     Document Type: Article

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