Degradation of the fluoroquinolone enrofloxacin by wood-rotting fungi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4206-4209

  Martens, Rainer ^a   Wetzstein, Heinz Georg ^b   Zadrazil, Frantisek ^a   Capelari, Marina ^c   Hoffmann, Peter ^d   Schmeer, Norbert ^b  

^a Institut fur Bodenbiologie   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^d Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; ENROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADSORPTION; DRUG DEGRADATION; FUNGUS; GLEOPHYLLUM STRIATUM; NONHUMAN; SOIL; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WHEAT;

FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM; GLOEOPHYLLUM STRIATUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0029846273     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4206-4209.1996     Document Type: Article

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