Chloroform mineralization by toluene-oxidizing bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2716-2722

  McClay, Kevin ^a   Fox, Brian G ^b   Steffan, Robert J ^a  

^a The Shaw Group Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DEGRADATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029742569     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2716-2722.1996     Document Type: Article

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