Effect of nitrate, acetate, and hydrogen on native perchlorate-reducing microbial communities and their activity in vadose soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-288

  Nozawa Inoue, Mamie ^a   Jien, Mercy ^a   Yang, Kun ^a   Rolston, Dennis E ^a   Hristova, Krassimira R ^a,b   Scow, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Perchlorate reductase gene; Perchlorate reduction; Real time quantitative PCR; Vadose soil

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROGEN; NITRATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ACETATE; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SOIL AMENDMENT; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ACETATES; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DENITRIFICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PERCHLORIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953790872     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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