Identification of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine-degrading microorganisms via 15n-stable isotope probing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2505-2511

  Roh, Hyungkeun ^a   Yu, Chang Ping ^a   Fuller, Mark E ^b   Chu, Kung Hui ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Shaw Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCES; ACTINOBACTERIA; CATABOLIC GENES; CHEESE WHEYS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; ENTEROBACTER; GENE SEQUENCES; LOW DENSITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITROGEN SOURCES; NUTRIENT SOURCES; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHODOCOCCUS SP; STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING;

DNA; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; ISOTOPES; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

GENES;

CYCLONITE; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN 15; RNA 16S;

BIODEGRADATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PROBE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEESE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHODOCOCCUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 64349101904     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802336c     Document Type: Article

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