Degradation of pyrene by Mycobacterium flavescens

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-312

  Dean Ross, D ^a   Cerniglia, C E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; PHENANTHRENE; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FLAVESCENS;

EID: 0029955790     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050822     Document Type: Article

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