Functional analysis of an anaerobic m-xylene-degrading enrichment culture using protein-based stable isotope probing

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-144

  Bozinovski, Dragana ^a   Herrmann, Steffi ^a,b   Richnow, Hans Hermann ^a   Von Bergen, Martin ^a   Seifert, Jana ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benzylsuccinate synthase; Desulfobacteriaceae; Epsilonproteobacteria; Hydrocarbon degradation

Indexed keywords

3 XYLENE; 3-XYLENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; RNA 16S; XYLENE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PROBE; PROTEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; XYLENE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; XYLENES;

DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOBACTERACEAE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84862308423     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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