An environmental perspective on the biodegradation of organochlorine xenobiotics

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 3-21

  Neilson, Alasdair H ^a  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHLORINE; HYDRATES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROLYSIS; INSECTICIDES; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SAMPLING;

BIOTA; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLOROALKANES; CHLOROFORM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; ORGANOCHLORINE XENOBIOTICS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; ORGANOCHLORINE;

EID: 0030432120     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0964-8305(95)00092-5     Document Type: Review

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