Degradation of various chlorophenols under alkaline conditions by Gram-negative bacteria closely related to Ochrobactrum anthropi

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 269-281

  Müller, Roland H ^a   Jorks, Siegfried ^a   Kleinsteuber, Sabine ^a   Babel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOL; 4 CHLOROPHENOL; BIODEGRADATION; CHLOROPHENOL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROPHENOLS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METALS, HEAVY; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI;

EID: 0031686220     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4028(199809)38:4<269::AID-JOBM269>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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