Biodegradation of thiophene, benzothiophene, and benzofuran with eight different primary substrates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2290-2292

  Dyreborg, Søren ^a   Arvin, Erik ^a   Broholm, Kim ^a   Christensen, Jens ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Monoaromatic hydrocarbons; Naphthalenes; O heterocyclic aromatics; S heterocyclic aromatics

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIOPHENE; GROUND WATER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029856877     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620151225     Document Type: Article

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