Aerobic degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls by Alcaligenes sp. JB1: Metabolites and enzymes

Biodegradation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 435-443

  Commandeur, Laetitia C M ^a,d   May, Ralph J ^b   Mokross, Heinrich ^c   Bedard, Donna L ^b   Reineke, Walter ^c   Govers, Harrie A J ^a   Parsons, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Biodegradation; Enzymes; Induction; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Resting cell assay

Indexed keywords

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.;

EID: 0030432162     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00115290     Document Type: Article

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