Concurrent hexachlorobenzene and chloroethene transformation by endogenous dechlorinating microorganisms in the Ebro River sediment

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 682-692

  Taş, Neslihan ^a   Heilig, Hans G H J ^a   Van Eekert, Miriam H A ^a   Schraa, Gosse ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a   Smidt, Hauke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlorinated ethene; Dehalococcoides spp.; Hexachlorobenzene; Reductive dechlorination; Reductive dehalogenase gene; River sediment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; RNA 16S; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECHLORINATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; MICROORGANISM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLEXI; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HALOGENATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROFLEXI; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATION; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 78149383906     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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