Kinetics of toluene degradation by toluene-oxidizing bacteria as a function of oxygen concentration, and the effect of nitrate

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Leahy, Joseph G ^a   Olsen, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia; Denitrification; Kinetics; Oxygenase; Pseudomonas; Toluene biodegradation

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0030852863     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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