Characterization of pure cultures isolated from sulfamethoxazole-acclimated activated sludge with respect to taxonomic identification and sulfamethoxazole biodegradation potential

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Herzog, Bastian ^a   Lemmer, Hilde ^b   Horn, Harald ^c   Müller, Elisabeth ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Batch setups; Pharmaceuticals; Phylogenetic analyses; Sulfamethoxazole; UV absorbance; Wastewater treatment plants; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON; NITROGEN; RNA 16S; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; BREVUNDIMONAS; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VARIOVORAX;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; MICROBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; VARIOVORAX;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

EID: 84888324867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-276     Document Type: Article

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