Mineralization of p-nitrophenol by pentachlorophenol-degrading Sphingomonas spp.

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Leung, Kam T ^a   Tresse, Odile ^a   Errampalli, Deena ^a   Lee, Hung ^a   Trevors, Jack T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; P Nitrophenol; Pentachlorophenol; Sphingomonas sp.

Indexed keywords

NITROPHENOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT; SPHINGOMONAS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

SPHINGOMONAS CHLOROPHENOLICA;

EID: 0031473529     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00374-1     Document Type: Article

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