Anaerobic ortho dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls by estuarine sediments from Baltimore Harbor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2534-2539

  Berkaw, Mary ^a   Sowers, Kevin R ^b   May, Harold D ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029949094     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2534-2539.1996     Document Type: Article

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