Highly enriched Betaproteobacteria growing anaerobically with p-xylene and nitrate

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 460-468

  Rotaru, Amelia Elena ^a,c   Probian, Christina ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^b   Harder, Jens ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denitrifiers; Fumarate addition; P xylene biodegradation; Rhodocyclaceae

Indexed keywords

4-XYLENE; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; PARA XYLENE; XYLENE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLADISTICS; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METABOLITE; NITRATE; OXIDATION; RNA; XYLENE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; THAUERA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOARCUS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENES, RRNA; NITRATES; PHYLOGENY; THAUERA; XYLENES;

AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENITRATISOMA OESTRADIOLICUM; RHODOCYCLACEAE; THAUERA;

EID: 76049123638     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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