Genomic insights into organohalide respiration

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 498-505

  Richardson, Ruth Ellen ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED AROMATICS; CHLORINATED ETHENES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; ENERGY-CONSERVING; FUNCTIONAL ASSAYS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENASES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; METHANE;

GENES;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DICHLOROETHANE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; METHANE; METHYL CHLORIDE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROMYXOBACTER; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLOROFLEXI; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOBIUM; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOCOCCOIDETES; DEHALOGENATION; DEHALOGENIMONAS; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; DESULFONOMILE; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFUROMONAS; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOBACTER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOHALIDE RESPIRATION; ORGANOHALIDE RESPIRING BACTERIA; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REDUCTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SULFUROSPIRILLUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROFLEXI; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; HALOGENATION; HYDROLASES; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; PHYLOGENY;

ANAEROMYXOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); DEHALOBACTER; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DESULFITOBACTERIUM; GEOBACTER;

EID: 84878645263     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.02.014     Document Type: Review

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