Application of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse transcriptase/PCR for determining the fate of phenol-degrading Pseudomonas putida ATCC 11172 in a bioaugmented sequencing batch reactor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 236-240

  Selvaratnam, S ^a   Schoedel, B A ^a   McFarland, B L ^b   Kulpa, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030942341     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050919     Document Type: Article

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