Initial steps in the degradation of methoxychlor by the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1175-1177

  Grifoll, Magdalena ^a,b   Hammel, Kenneth E ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXYCHLOR;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHANEROCHAETE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM;

EID: 0031035797     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.1175-1177.1997     Document Type: Article

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