Isolation and characterization of Alicycliphilus denitrificans strain BC, which grows on benzene with chlorate as the electron acceptor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6672-6681

  Weelink, Sander A B ^a   Tan, Nico C G ^a,d   Ten Broeke, Harm ^a   Van Den Kieboom, Corné ^a   Van Doesburg, Wim ^a   Langenhoff, Alette A M ^b   Gerritse, Jan ^b   Junca, Howard ^c   Stams, Alfons J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Notox BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSTS; CELL CULTURE; DEGRADATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; GENE ENCODING; GENES; NITRATES; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PROTEINS;

BENZENE BIODEGRADATIONS; BENZENE DEGRADATIONS; BIOCHEMICAL DATUM; CYCLOHEXANOL; DIOXYGENASE ENZYMES; DISMUTASE; DISMUTATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ENCODING; ENRICHMENT CULTURES; EXTERNAL-; GENE SEQUENCES; GENES ENCODING; IN CELLS; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; MONOOXYGENASE; MONOOXYGENATIONS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; OXYGENASE; OXYGENASES; PCR PRIMERS; PRIMER SETS; SHORT RODS;

BENZENE;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZENE; BENZENE OXYGENASE; CATECHOL; CATECHOL 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; CHLORATE; CHLORITE DISMUTASE; ESTRADIOL DIOXYGENASE; NITRATE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BENZENE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CHLORITE; DENITRIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; NITRATE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALICYCLIPHILUS DENITRIFICANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY YIELD; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGENATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZENE; CHLORATES; COMAMONADACEAE; DIOXYGENASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; LOCOMOTION; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ALICYCLIPHILUS DENITRIFICANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 55049097657     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00835-08     Document Type: Article

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