Kinetics of toluene degradation by a nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from a groundwater aquifer

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-90

  Elmén, Joacim ^a   Pan, Wubin ^a   Leung, So Yan ^a   Magyarosy, Andrew ^a   Keasling, J D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoarcus tolulyticus; Nitrate reduction; Toluene degradation; Xylene degradation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; GROUNDWATER; MORPHOLOGY; NITRATES; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; RNA; SUBSTRATES; XYLENE;

AZOARCUS TOLULYTICUS;

TOLUENE;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; KINETICS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031554633     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970705)55:1<82::AID-BIT10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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