Dichloromethane fermentation by a Dehalobacter sp. in an enrichment culture derived from pristine river sediment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1288-1291

  Justicia Leon, Shandra D ^a   Ritalahti, Kirsti M ^b   Mack, E Erin ^d   Löffler, Frank E ^b,c,e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT CULTURE; RIVER SEDIMENTS;

DICHLOROMETHANE; FERMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORINE; DICHLOROMETHANE;

ACETATE; BACTERIUM; DECHLORINATION; FERMENTATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROWTH RATE; METHYL CHLORIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ACETATES; CHLORINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERMENTATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DEHALOBACTER;

EID: 84857098286     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07325-11     Document Type: Article

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