Methane and trichloroethylene oxidation by an estuarine methanotroph, Methylobacter sp. strain BB5.1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4617-4620

  Smith, Kelly S ^a,d   Costello, Andria M ^a,b   Lidstrom, Mary E ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIOREMEDIATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL GROWTH; COPPER METABOLISM; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030724367     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4617-4620.1997     Document Type: Article

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