Initial reactions in anaerobic ethylbenzene oxidation by a denitrifying bacterium, strain EB1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5755-5761

  Ball, Harold A ^a   Johnson, Hope A ^a   Reinhard, Martin ^a   Spormann, Alfred M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 PHENYLETHANOL; ACETOPHENONE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON 14; ETHYLBENZENE; OXYGEN 18; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENITRIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029841661     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5755-5761.1996     Document Type: Article

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