Stable carbon isotope fractionation in chlorinated ethene degradation by bacteria expressing three toluene oxygenases

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Clingenpeel, Scott R ^a,b   Moan, Jaina L ^a   McGrath, Danielle M ^a,c   Hungate, Bruce A ^a   Watwood, Mary E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic biodegradation; Cis 1,2 dichloroethene; Stable carbon isotope; Toluene oxygenase; Trichloroethene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875581304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00063     Document Type: Article

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