Characterization of an enrichment culture debrominating tetrabromobisphenol A and optimization of its activity under anaerobic conditions

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 707-715

  Iasur Kruh, L ^a   Ronen, Z ^a   Arbeli, Z ^b   Nejidat, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

brominated flame retardants; reductive dehalogenation; soil pollution; syntrophism; tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTRONS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GENES; RNA; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ARCHAEAL; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DEBROMINATION; ELECTRON DONORS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; SYNTROPHISM; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL-A;

BIOREMEDIATION;

2 BROMOETHANESULFONIC ACID; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AMPICILLIN; BUTYRIC ACID; RNA 16S; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; DEBROMINATION; DEHALOGENATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MCRA GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMS BY ELECTRON DONOR; PELOBACTER; PELOBACTER CARBINOLICUS; SPHAEROCHAETA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PELOBACTER CARBINOLICUS;

EID: 77954517932     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04699.x     Document Type: Article

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