Microbial degradation of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (CHCl2F and CHCl2CF3) in soils and sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1818-1821

  Oremland, Ronald S ^a   Lonergan, Debra J ^b   Culbertson, Charles W ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROHYDROCARBON;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; TRIFLUORO;

EID: 0030002470     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1818-1821.1996     Document Type: Article

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