Pristine soils mineralize 3-chlorobenzoate and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate via different microbial populations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1159-1166

  Fulthorpe, Roberta R ^a,b   Rhodes, Albert N ^a,c   Tiedje, James M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 3 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 0030004561     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1159-1166.1996     Document Type: Article

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