Nylon biodegradation by lignin-degrading fungi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 329-331

  Deguchi, Tetsuya ^a   Kakezawa, Masaaki ^a   Nishida, Tomoaki ^b  

^a KOBE STEEL LTD   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHANEROCHAETE;

FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE;

EID: 0031032297     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.329-331.1997     Document Type: Article

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