Kinetic analyses of desulfurization of dibenzothiophene by Rhodococcus erythropolis in batch and fed-batch cultures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1670-1675

  Wang, Ping ^a,b   Krawiec, Steven ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; DESULFURIZATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RHODOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 0029945713     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1670-1675.1996     Document Type: Article

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