Immobilized mutant strain of Pseudomonas pictor um for the degradation of phenol in wastewater

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 355-361

  Chitra, Subramanian ^a   Sekaran, Ganesan ^a   Chandrakasan, Gowri ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PHENOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CATALYST; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; RECYCLING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PICTORUM;

EID: 0030479030     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.42.355     Document Type: Article

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