Biodegradation of BTEX at high salinity by an enrichment culture from hypersaline sediments of Rozel Point at Great Salt Lake

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2001-2008

  Sei, A ^a   Fathepure, B Z ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3 dioxygenase; Arhodomonas sp.; Benzene degradation; Catechol; Halophiles; Hypersaline environment; Microbial community shifts

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; PHENOLS; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLUENE;

2,3-DIOXYGENASE; ARHODOMONAS SP.; BENZENE DEGRADATION; CATECHOL; DIOXYGENASES; HALOPHILE; HIGH SALINITY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY SHIFT;

BENZENE;

AMPICILLIN; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROCARBON; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BTEX; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARHODOMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON SOURCE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ARHODOMONAS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 72849134668     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04385.x     Document Type: Article

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