Accelerated mineralization of pentachlorophenol in soil upon inoculation with Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum PCP1 and Sphingomonas chlorophenolica RA2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4361-4366

  Miethling, Rona ^a,b   Karlson, Ulrich ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INOCULATION; MINERALIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM; SPHINGOBIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; MINERALIZATION; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; SOIL;

EID: 0029659241     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4361-4366.1996     Document Type: Article

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