Reduction of azo dyes by redox mediators originating in the naphthalenesulfonic acid degradation pathway of Sphingomonas sp. strain BN6

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3684-3690

  Keck, Andreas ^a   Klein, Joachim ^a   Kudlich, Michael ^a   Stolz, Andreas ^a   Knackmuss, Hans Joachim ^a   Mattes, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYE; NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0030775043     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3684-3690.1997     Document Type: Article

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