Degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by haloalkaliphilic bacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1115-1122

  Maltseva, Olga ^a   McGowan, Catherine ^a   Fulthorpe, Roberta ^a,b   Oriel, Patrick ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Alkaliphilic bacteria; Degradation of chloroaromatic compounds; Halomonadaceae; Halophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; RNA 16S; SODIUM ION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONADACEAE;

EID: 0029990486     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-5-1115     Document Type: Article

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