The little bacteria that can - Diversity, genomics and ecophysiology of 'Dehalococcoides' spp. in contaminated environments

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-402

  Taş, Neslihan ^a,b   Van Eekert, Miriam H A ^a,c   De Vos, Willem M ^a   Smidt, Hauke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Lettinga Associates Foundation LeAF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHENOL; DIOXIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GENOMICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLOROFLEXI; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 77954149529     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00147.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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