Ecogenomics of microbial communities in bioremediation of chlorinated contaminated sites

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Maphosa, Farai ^a   Lieten, Shakti H ^b   Dinkla, Inez ^b   Stams, Alfons J ^a   Smidt, Hauke ^a   Fennell, Donna E ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Bioclear   (Netherlands)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chloroethenes; Dehalobacter; Dehalococcoides; Ecogenomics; Organohalide respiring bacteria; Reductive dehalogenase; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84877029163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00351     Document Type: Article

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