Anaerobic benzene degradation by Gram-positive sulfate-reducing bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-311

  Abu Laban, Nidal ^a   Selesi, Draženka ^a   Jobelius, Carsten ^b   Meckenstock, Rainer U ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzene; Gram positive bacteria; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; BENZENE; BENZOIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; PHENOL; RIBOSOME RNA; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFATE; TOLUENE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOMINANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLITE; PROKARYOTE; RNA; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOXYLATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PELOTOMACULUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 65549142775     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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