Metatranscriptome of an anaerobic benzene-degrading, nitrate-reducing enrichment culture reveals involvement of carboxylation in benzene ring activation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 4095-4107

  Luo, Fei ^a   Gitiafroz, Roya ^a,d   Devine, Cheryl E ^a   Gong, Yunchen ^b   Hug, Laura A ^a,e   Raskin, Lutgarde ^c   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d The University of Akron   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLATION; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; NITRATES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION;

CATABOLIC ENZYMES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRITICAL STEPS; DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSIONS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; MIXED CULTURES; NITRATE RESPIRATION; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS;

BENZENE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATABOLISM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELECTRON; MINERALIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BENZENE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CULTURE MEDIUM; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; AZOARCUS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZENE; BENZOATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE LIBRARY; NITRATES; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84903134555     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00717-14     Document Type: Article

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