Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans sp. nov. and Geobacter toluenoxydans sp. nov., iron-reducing bacteria capable of anaerobic degradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 686-695

  Kunapuli, Umakanth ^a   Jahn, Michael K ^a   Lueders, Tillmann ^a   Geyer, Roland ^b,c   Heipieper, Hermann J ^b   Meckenstock, Rainer U ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Applera Europe BV   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMARIC ACID; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; IRON; META CRESOL; PARA CRESOL; PHENOL; RNA 16S; TOLUENE;

ADDITION REACTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFITOBACTERIUM AROMATICIVORANS; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER TOLUENOXYDANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CELLULOSE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; GEOBACTER;

EID: 77949399775     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.003525-0     Document Type: Article

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