Anaerobic desulfonation of 4-tolylsulfonate and 2-(4-sulfophenyl) butyrate by a clostridium sp

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1526-1530

  Denger, Karin ^a   Kertesz, Michael A ^b   Vock, Esther H ^b,c   Schön, Roberto ^b   Mägli, Andreas ^b   Cook, Alasdair M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0029931087     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1526-1530.1996     Document Type: Article

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