Reductive dehalogenation of halocarboxylic acids by the phototrophic genera Rhodospirillum and Rhodopseudomonas

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3333-3335

  Mcgrath, Jason E ^a   Harfoot, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DEHALOGENATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOSPIRILLUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM PHOTOMETRICUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0030876827     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3333-3335.1997     Document Type: Article

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