Novel metabolites in phenanthrene and pyrene transformation by Aspergillus niger

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2906-2909

  Sack, Ute ^a   Heinze, Thomas M ^b   Deck, Joanna ^b   Cerniglia, Carl E ^b   Cazau, Maria C ^c   Fritsche, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENANTHRENE; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BINDING KINETICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DRUG METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0030871229     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2906-2909.1997     Document Type: Article

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