Characterization of a Dehalobacter coculture that dechlorinates 1,2-dichloroethane to ethene and identification of the putative reductive dehalogenase gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2684-2693

  Grostern, Ariel ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; CHLORINATED ETHENES; COCULTURE; DEGENERATE PRIMERS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOGENASE GENES; DICHLOROETHANE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GROWTH YIELD; MIXED CULTURES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; SPECIFIC PRIMERS; SUBSTRATE RANGE; TRICHLOROETHANE;

CELL CULTURE; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; SELF ASSEMBLY;

TRANSCRIPTION;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ETHYLENE; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENASE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; TRICHLOROETHANE;

ACETATE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTRATE;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CELL GROWTH; CHLORINATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOGENATION; DILUTION; ELECTRON; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEPTOCOCCACEAE;

ACETOBACTERIUM; DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

ACETOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; ETHYLENES; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRICHLOROETHANES;

EID: 65549166732     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02037-08     Document Type: Article

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