Comparison of factors influencing trichloroethylene degradation by toluene-oxidizing bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 825-833

  Leahy, Joseph G ^a   Byrne, Armando M ^a   Olsen, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LACTIC ACID; NITRATE; OXYGENASE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030025607     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.825-833.1996     Document Type: Article

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