Role of "Dehalococcoides" spp. in the anaerobic transformation of hexachlorobenzene in European rivers

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4437-4445

  Taş, Neslihan ^a,b   van Eekert, Miriam H A ^a,c   Wagner, Anke ^d   Schraa, Gosse ^a   de Vos, Willem M ^a   Smidt, Hauke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Lettinga Associates Foundation LeAF   (Netherlands)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ANAEROBIC TRANSFORMATIONS; CHLORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES SPP; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; EBRO RIVER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMAN HEALTH; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR METHODS; ORGANOHALIDES; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENASES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; TRANSFORMATION RATES; TRICHLOROBENZENE; WEAK CORRELATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; ECOLOGY; FUNGICIDES; GENES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION;

RIVERS;

BACTERIAL DNA; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; TRANSFORMATION;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLEXI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLOROFLEXI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUROPE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EBRO RIVER; EUROPE; SPAIN;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 79960091058     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01940-10     Document Type: Article

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