Ecofunctional enzymes of microbial communities in ground water

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 379-389

  Fliermans, C B ^a   Franck, M M ^a   Hazen, T C ^a   Gorden, R W ^a  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biolog; Bioremediation; Enzyme; Groundwater; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

BACTERIAL FLORA; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOLOGY; ENGINEERING; GEOLOGY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PILOT PROJECTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030875388     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00020-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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