Enumeration and phylogenetic analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacteria from Puget Sound sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3344-3349

  Geiselbrecht, Allison D ^a   Herwig, Russell P ^a   Deming, Jody W ^a   Staley, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICONIIFORMES; CYCLOCLASTICUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0029833709     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3344-3349.1996     Document Type: Article

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