A strictly anaerobic betaproteobacterium Georgfuchsia toluolica gen. nov., sp. nov. degrades aromatic compounds with Fe(III), Mn(IV) or nitrate as an electron acceptor

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 575-585

  Weelink, Sander A B ^a   Van Doesburg, Wim ^a   Saia, Flávia Talarico ^a,b   Rijpstra, W Irene C ^c   Röling, Wilfred F M ^d   Smidt, Hauke ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic toluene degradation; Betaproteobacteria; Georgfuchsia toluolica

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE A; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYME; FERRIC ION; MANGANESE; NITRATE; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; IRON; MANGANESE; PHYLOGENETICS; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTION;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ELECTRON; GENE SEQUENCE; GEORGFUCHSIA TOLUOLICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROLIBACTERIUM DENITRIFICANS; THAUERA;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; NETHERLANDS; NITRATES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOLUENE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTERACEAE; STEROLIBACTERIUM DENITRIFICANS; THAUERA;

EID: 70449105231     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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