Biodegradation of benzene homologues in contaminated sediment of the East China Sea

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-136

  Li, Hui ^a,b   Zhang, Qian ^a   Wang, Xiao Li ^a   Ma, Xing Yuan ^a   Lin, Kuang Fei ^a,b   Liu, Yong Di ^b   Gu, Ji Dong ^c   Lu, Shu Guang ^b   Shi, Lei ^a   Lu, Qiang ^b   Shen, Ting Ting ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Biodegradation; BTEX; Compatible solutes; Metabolic pathway

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; BTEX; CATECHOL 1 ,2-DIOXYGENASE; COMPATIBLE SOLUTES; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DIOXYGENASES; DOMINANT SPECIES; EAST CHINA SEA; ECTOINE; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MARINOBACTER; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MONOOXYGENASES; OXIDATIVE ATTACK; PCR DETECTION; PCR-DGGE; RING FISSION;

BENZENE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHYLBENZENE; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BIODEGRADATION;

BENZENE; CATECHOL 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASE; ECTOINE; ETHYLBENZENE; HYDROXYECTOINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; XYLENE;

BACTERIUM; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; ELECTROKINESIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OSMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BALNEOLA; BIODEGRADATION; CHINA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FIRMICUTES; FLAVOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOTYPE; HALOBACILLUS; MARINOBACTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIXIBACTER; SALINITY; SEA; SEDIMENT; SOLUTE; SPHINGOBACTERIA; ZUNONGWANGIA;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOBACILLUS; MARINOBACTER; PROLIXIBACTER;

EID: 84866173808     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.033     Document Type: Article

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