Dehalogenimonas spp. can Reductively Dehalogenate High Concentrations of 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloropropane, and 1,1,2-Trichloroethane

AMB Express

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Maness, Andrew D ^a   Bowman, Kimberly S ^a   Yan, Jun ^a,c   Rainey, Fred A ^a,b   Moe, William M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chlorinated alkanes; Dehalogenation; Dehalogenimonas; Reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

1, 2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROPROPANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; DEHALOGENIMONAS ALKENIGIGNENS; DEHALOGENIMONAS LYKANTHROPOREPELLENS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84871159722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21910855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-0855-2-54     Document Type: Article

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