Aerobic biotransformation of n-tetradecylbenzyldimethylammonium chloride by an enriched Pseudomonas spp. community

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 8714-8722

  Tezel, Ulas ^a,b   Tandukar, Madan ^a   Martinez, Robert J ^c   Sobecky, Patricia A ^c   Pavlostathis, Spyros G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; AEROBIC CONDITION; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZYLAMINES; BIOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCT; CLONE LIBRARY; DEBENZYLATION; DIMETHYLAMINES; KINETIC ASSAY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROTOX; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS SPP; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND; TOXICITY REDUCTION; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLONING; TOXICITY;

BIOCONVERSION;

AMMONIA; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZYLAMINE; CARBON; DNA 16S; N METHYLBENZYLAMINE; TETRADECYLBENZYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHYLOGENETICS; REACTION KINETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXICITY TEST;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEGRADATION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

AEROBIOSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84865510909     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300518c     Document Type: Article

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