Benzylsuccinate formation as a means of anaerobic toluene activation by sulfate-reducing strain PRTOL1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3729-3731

  Beller, Harry R ^a   Spormann, Alfred M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSUCCINATE; FUMARIC ACID; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030822679     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3729-3731.1997     Document Type: Article

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