Anaerobic naphthalene degradation by Gram-positive, iron-reducing bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 488-496

  Kleemann, Rita ^a   Meckenstock, Rainer U ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 naphthoic acid; Groundwater; Iron reduction; Peptococcaceae; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DOMINANCE; ELECTRON; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NAPHTHALENE; OXIDATION; PAH; PHYLOGENETICS; REDUCTION; TAXONOMY;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; IRON; NAPHTHALENES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PEPTOCOCCACEAE; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 81155125199     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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