Isolation of sulfur reducing and oxidizing bacteria found in contaminated drywall

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 647-655

  Hooper, Dennis G ^a   Shane, John ^b   Straus, David C ^c   Kilburn, Kaye H ^d   Bolton, Vincent ^a   Sutton, John S ^e   Guilford, Frederick T ^a  

^a RealTime Laboratories LLC   (United States)

^b PRO LAB   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Neuro Test Inc   (United States)

^e Embark Scientific LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese drywall; Sulfur emissions; Sulfur reducing bacteria; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; IRON; PRIMER DNA;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS THIOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; GEOTRICHUM; HOME; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; UNITED STATES;

CHINESE DRYWALL; SULFUR EMISSIONS; SULFUR REDUCING BACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR; THIOBACILLUS; WOOD;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOTRICHUM;

EID: 77649206383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms11020647     Document Type: Article

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