Kinetic analyses of desulfurization of dibenzothiophene by Rhodococcus erythropolis in continuous cultures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3066-3068

  Wang, Ping ^a,b   Humphrey, A E ^a,b   Krawiec, Steven ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DESULFURIZATION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RHODOCOCCUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0029762611     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.3066-3068.1996     Document Type: Article

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