Mineralization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 292-295

  Bezalel, Lea ^a   Hadar, Yitzhak ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; CATECHOL; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; LACCASE; LIGNIN; PEROXIDASE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; PHANEROCHAETE;

FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS;

EID: 0030022238     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.292-295.1996     Document Type: Article

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