title: Identification of critical members in a sulfidogenic benzene-degrading consortium by DNA stable isotope probing.
abstract: Stable isotope probing (SIP) was used to identify the active members in a benzene-degrading sulfidogenic consortium. SIP-terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis indicated that a 270-bp peak incorporated the majority of the (13)C label and is a sequence closely related to that of clone SB-21 (GenBank accession no. AF029045). This target may be an important biomarker for anaerobic benzene degradation in the field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences1 and Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: McGuinness
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mumford
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kerkhof