Complete debromination of tetra- and penta-brominated diphenyl ethers by a coculture consisting of Dehalococcoides and Desulfovibrio species

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8475-8482

  Lee, Lip Kim ^a   Ding, Chang ^a   Yang, Kun Lin ^a   He, Jianzhong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; AVERAGE RATE; COCULTURE; DEBROMINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFOVIBRIO; DIPHENYL ETHER; END-PRODUCTS; GROWTH YIELD; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

BROMINE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYACRYLATES; SELF ASSEMBLY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ETHER; GROWTH RATE; PBDE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFOVIBRIO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHLOROFLEXI; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DESULFOVIBRIO; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HALOGENATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFOVIBRIO; TETRA;

EID: 80053414693     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201559g     Document Type: Article

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