Isolation of rhodococcus rhodochrous NCIMB13064 derivatives with new biodegradative abilities

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-231

  Kulakova, Anna N ^a   Reid, Karen A ^a   Larkin, Michael J ^a   Allen, Christopher C R ^a   Kulakov, Leonid A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 chloroalkane degradation; Naphthalene degradation; Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS;

HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; NAPHTHALENES; PYRUVIC ACID; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

EID: 0030561192     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00414-4     Document Type: Article

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