Degradation of benzene 1,3-disulfonate by a mixed bacterial culture

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-50

  Contzen, Matthias ^a   Wittich, Rolf Michael ^b   Knackmuss, Hans Joachim ^a   Stolz, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzene 1,3 disulfonate; Biodegradation; Catechol 4 sulfonate; Mixed bacterial culture; Protocatechuate 3,4 dioxygenase type II

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CATECHOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030020539     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00483-1     Document Type: Article

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