Kinetics of BTEX biodegradation by a microbial consortium acclimatized to unleaded gasoline and bacterial strains isolated from it

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 581-587

  Morlett Chávez, Jesús Antonio ^a   Ascacio Martínez, Jorge Ángel ^a   Rivas Estilla, Ana María ^a   Velázquez Vadillo, Juan Francisco ^a   Haskins, William E ^b   Barrera Saldaña, Hugo Alberto ^a   Acuña Askar, Karim ^a  

^a Medicina UANL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioremediation; BTEX; PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOREMEDIATION; GASOLINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

16S RDNA ANALYSIS; 16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BTEX; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PCR AMPLIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS; UNLEADED GASOLINE;

BIODEGRADATION;

ACCLIMATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BTEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PETROLEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ALCANIVORAX; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 77957244591     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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