Sulfonated surfactants and related compounds: Facets of their desulfonation by aerobic and anaerobic bacteria

Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-56

  Cook, A M ^a,b,c  

^a The University ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AEROBIC ORGANISMS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBICS; COMMERCIAL SOURCES; DESULFONATION; INERT COMPOUNDS; MASS BALANCE; NATURAL SOURCES; RELATED COMPOUNDS; SULPHONATES;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0002958140     PISSN: 09323414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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