Two anaerobic polychlorinated biphenyl-dehalogenating enrichments that exhibit different para-dechlorination specificities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4826-4832

  Wu, Qingzhong ^a,b   Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1260; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030732681     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4826-4832.1997     Document Type: Article

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