A previously uncultured, paper mill Propionibacterium is able to degrade O-aryl alkyl ethers and various aromatic hydrocarbons

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1287-1293

  Thorenoor, Nithyananda ^a   Kim, Yong Hak ^a   Lee, Cheolju ^a   Yu, Myeong Hee ^a   Engesser, Karl Heinrich ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; O aryl alkyl ether degradation; Propionibacterium; Uncultured bacterium

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; BENZENE; EFFLUENTS; MINERAL OILS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STYRENE;

16S RIBOSOMAL RNA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKYL ETHER DEGRADATION; END-PRODUCT INHIBITIONS; HIGH SPECIFICITY; PAPER MILL EFFLUENTS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SUBSTRATE AVAILABILITIES;

ETHERS;

2 ETHOXYPHENOL; ALKYL ETHER; ANISOLE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BIPHENYL; DIOXYGENASE; GUAIACOL; PHENETOLE; PHENOL; RNA 16S; STYRENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA; ETHER; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGNIN; MILL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SUBSTRATE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; LUTEOCOCCUS PERITONI; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPER INDUSTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BENZENE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PAPER MAKING; PAPER PRODUCTS; PHENOLS; TOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LUTEOCOCCUS; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 67349265627     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.032     Document Type: Article

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