Isolation of estrogen-degrading bacteria from an activated sludge bioreactor treating swine waste, including a strain that converts estrone to β-estradiol

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 559-568

  Isabelle, Martine ^a   Villemur, Richard ^a   Juteau, Pierre ^a,b   Lépine, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Cégep de Saint Laurent ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Estradiol; Estrogen; Estrone; Swine waste

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE BIOREACTORS; AEROBIC CONDITION; AGAR MEDIUM; BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; BIOTREATMENTS; CARBON SOURCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGENICITY; ESTRONE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; ISOLATED STRAINS; KETONE GROUP; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM SP; MONOOXYGENASES; OCHROBACTRUM; REDUCING ACTIVITY; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; SWINE WASTE; SWINE WASTEWATER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; KETONES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

16 OXOESTRADIOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; KETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; INHIBITOR; METABOLISM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSFORMATION; WASTE; WASTEWATER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGAR MEDIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SWINE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SEWAGE; SUS SCROFA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM; OCHROBACTRUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79960707601     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w11-051     Document Type: Article

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