Why two are not enough: Degradation of p-toluenesulfonate by a bacterial community from a pristine site in Moorea, French Polynesia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 316, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-129

  Tralau, Tewes ^a,b,c   Yang, Eun Chan ^d   Tralau, Carola ^b,c   Cook, Alasdair M ^b   Küpper, Frithjof C ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achromobacter xylosoxidans; Bacterial community; Ensifer adhaerens; Pseudomonas nitroreducens; Tahiti; Tsa gene cluster

Indexed keywords

4 TOLUENESULFONATE; ARYLSULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ENSIFER ADHERENS; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GENE CLUSTER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LETTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS NITROREDUCENS; STRAIN TA12;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZENESULFONATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYNESIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIACEAE; XENOBIOTICS;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; ENSIFER ADHAERENS; PSEUDOMONAS NITROREDUCENS;

EID: 79951774592     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02207.x     Document Type: Letter

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