Anaerobic biodegradation of n-hexadecane by a nitrate-reducing consortium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1339-1344

  Callaghan, Amy V ^a,d   Tierney, Meghan ^a   Phelps, Craig D ^a,b   Young, L Y ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENES; A CARBONS; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATIONS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHAIN ELONGATIONS; CLONE LIBRARIES; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRIES; HEXADECANE; N-HEXADECANE; ODD NUMBERS; PCR PRODUCTS; PENTADECANOIC ACIDS; TRANSFORMATION REACTIONS; TRIDECANOIC ACIDS;

ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CLONING; DEUTERIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GELATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILANES;

PARAFFINS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROKINESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; REMEDIATION; RNA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ALKANES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

FINGER LAKES; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; ONONDAGA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 61649126306     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02491-08     Document Type: Article

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