Degradation of fluoranthene, pyrene, benz[a]anthracene and dibenz[a,h]anthracene by Burkholderia cepacia

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-198

  Juhasz, A L ^a   Britz, M L ^a   Stanley, G A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; BIODEGRADATION; BOTTLES; CARBON; MICROORGANISMS; PARAFFINS;

ANALYSIS OF SOILS; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTAMINATED SITES; ENERGY SOURCE; FLUORANTHENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PURE CULTURE; SOLE CARBON SOURCE;

PYRENE;

ALKANE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BIODEGRADATION; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; PAH; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CEPACIA;

EID: 0030744771     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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