Surfactant-induced bacterial community changes correlated with increased polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in contaminated soil

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 100, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 10165-10177

  Singleton, David R ^a   Adrion, Alden C ^a   Aitken, Michael D ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial communities; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; HYDROCARBONS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AEROBIC BIOREMEDIATION; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MICELLAR CONCENTRATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS);

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

NONIONIC SURFACTANT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYOXYETHYLENE 4 LAURYL ETHER; POLYOXYETHYLENE SORBITOL HEXAOLEATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RNA 16S; SOIL POLLUTANT; SURFACTANT;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; DEGRADATION; INDUCED RESPONSE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PAH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACTANT;

ACIDOVORAX; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ACIDOVORAX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; LUTEIMONAS; PHENYLOBACTERIUM; UNCLASSIFIED ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84989184535     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7867-z     Document Type: Article

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