Aerobic biodegradation of the chloroethenes: Pathways, enzymes, ecology, and evolution

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-475

  Mattes, Timothy E ^a   Alexander, Anne K ^a   Coleman, Nicholas V ^b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Biodegradation; Cis 1,2 dichloroethene; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; 1,2-DICHLOROETHYLENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLLUTANT; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADABILITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECHLORINATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; REDUCTION; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POLLUTANT;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DICHLOROETHYLENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 77953051789     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00210.x     Document Type: Review

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