Assimilation of benzene carbon through multiple trophic levels traced by different stable isotope probing methodologies

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 357-369

  Bastida, Felipe ^a   Jechalke, Sven ^a   Bombach, Petra ^a   Franchini, Alessandro G ^a   Seifert, Jana ^a   von Bergen, Martin ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Richnow, Hans H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid SIP; Benzene degradation; Fatty acid SIP; Food web; Protein SIP; Stable isotope probing

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; ETHYLBENZENE; FATTY ACID; INSECT PROTEIN; TOLUENE;

AMINO ACID; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BACTERIUM; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON FLUX; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; COMBUSTION; ELECTROKINESIS; EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; FLY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHIRONOMIDAE; FOOD CHAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD CHAIN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SP.; DIPTERA; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79960171702     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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