Influences of substrate chemistry and microbial metabolic diversity on the bioremediation of xenobiotic contamination

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-180

  Limbert, E S B ^a   Betts, W B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioremediation; Chlorinated pollutant; Microbial diversity; Organic pollutant; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001668607     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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