Impact of ammonium on syntrophic organohalide-respiring and fermenting microbial communities

mSphere

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Delgado, Anca G ^a   Fajardo Williams, Devyn ^a   Kegerreis, Kylie L ^a,b   Parameswaran, Prathap ^a,c   Krajmalnik Brown, Rosa ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Dehalococcoides mccartyi; Fermentation; Geobacter; Organohalide respiration; Trichloroethene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990830542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23795042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00053-16     Document Type: Article

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