Inhibition and gene expression of Nitrosomonas europaea biofilms exposed to phenol and toluene

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 750-757

  Lauchnor, Ellen G ^a   Radniecki, Tyler S ^a   Semprini, Lewis ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Biofilms; Microarrays; Nitrosomonas europaea; Phenol inhibition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ATTACHED GROWTH; BIOFILM REACTORS; EUROPAEA; GENOME MICROARRAY; INNER MEMBRANES; LIQUID MEDIUM; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PHENOL CONCENTRATION; PURE CULTURE; Q-RT-PCR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE; UP-REGULATION;

AMMONIA; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAYS; OXIDATION; TOLUENE;

PHENOLS;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRITE; PHENOL; PUTATIVE INNER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PUTATIVE PIRIN PROTEIN; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PHENOL; TOLUENE;

NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 79952599627     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22999     Document Type: Article

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