Interactions between benzene, toluene, and p‐xylene (BTX) during their biodegradation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 533-538

  Oh, Young‐Sook ^a   Shareefdeen, Zarook ^b   Baltzis, Basil C ^b   Bartha, Richard ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

benzene; biodegradation kinetics; cometabolic transformation; competitive inhibition; p xylene; toluene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BENZENE; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLISM; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

COMETABOLIC TRANSFORMATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; MONOD KINETICS; PSEUDOMONAS STRAIN;

BIODEGRADATION;

BENZENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0028765377     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.260440417     Document Type: Letter

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