Degradation of pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, and benzo[a]pyrene by Mycobacterium sp. strain RJGII-135, isolated from a former coal gasification site

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Schneider, Joanne ^a   Grosser, Robert ^b   Jayasimhulu, Koka ^a   Xue, Weiling ^a   Warshawsky, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE DERIVATIVE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; OXYGENASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; COAL GASIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 0030041063     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.13-19.1996     Document Type: Article

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