A case study for microbial biodegradation: Anaerobic bacterial reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls - From sediment to defined medium

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2008, Pages 253-270

  Bedard, Donna L ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclor; Dehalococcoides; Dehalogenation; Halorespiration; PCB bioremediation; PCBs

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; ETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLOROFLEXI; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROFLEXI; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES 195;

EID: 53849129585     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.62.081307.162733     Document Type: Review

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