Bioremediation: A perspective

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-218

  Errampalli, D ^a   Trevors, J T ^a   Lee, H ^a   Leung, K ^a   Cassidy, M ^a   Knoke, K ^a   Marwood, T ^a   Shaw, K ^a   Blears, M ^a   Chung, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL WASTES; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; DNA; MICROBIOLOGY; PROBES; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TOXICITY;

BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS (PCR);

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031140003     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320389709383560     Document Type: Review

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