Mineralization of 4-chlorodibenzofuran by a consortium consisting of Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1 and Burkholderia sp. strain JWS

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3458-3462

  Arfmann, Hans Adolf ^a   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a   Wittich, Rolf Michael ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA; DETOXIFICATION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0030875899     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3458-3462.1997     Document Type: Article

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