Biodegradation of [14C]benzo[a]pyrene added in crude oil to uncontaminated soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4511-4515

  Kanaly, Robert ^a   Bartha, Richard ^a   Fogel, Samuel ^b   Findlay, Margaret ^b  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b Bioremediation Consult Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030661562     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4511-4515.1997     Document Type: Article

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