Influence of chlorobenzoates on the utilisation of chlorobiphenyls and chlorobenzoate mixtures by chlorobiphenyl/chlorobenzoate-mineralising hybrid bacterial strains

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-218

  Stratford, Jane ^a   Wright, Michael A ^a   Reineke, Walter ^b   Mokross, Heiner ^b   Havel, Jurgen ^b   Knowles, Christopher J ^a   Robinson, Gary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorobenzoate; Inhibition by toxic intermediates; Polychlorinated biphenyl degradation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYBRID; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA;

EID: 0029875603     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01692864     Document Type: Article

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