Identification of tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA)-utilizing organisms in BioGAC reactors using 13C-DNA stable isotope probing

Biodegradation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 961-972

  Aslett, Denise ^a   Haas, Joseph ^b   Hyman, Michael ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Protection Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylibium; Polaromonas; Stable isotope probing; Tertiary butyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GASOLINE OXYGENATES; GRANULATED ACTIVATED CARBONS; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; METHYLIBIUM; NEW YORK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; PHTHALATES; POLAROMONAS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PURE CULTURE; STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING; TERTIARY BUTYL ALCOHOLS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMINO ACIDS; AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; ETHERS; GASOLINE; GENES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; REMEDIATION; RNA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; FRESH WATER; OXYGENASE; PHTHALATE DIOXYGENASE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHER; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INOCULATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; TERT-BUTYL ALCOHOL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIALES; CUPRIAVIDUS; HYDROGENOPHAGA; METHYLIBIUM; PAUCIBACTER; POLAROMONAS; RHODOFERAX;

EID: 79961169889     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-011-9455-3     Document Type: Article

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