Degradation of 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene by Pseudomonas chlororaphis RW71

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3798-3806

  Potrawfke, Thomas ^a   Timmis, Kenneth Nigel ^a   Wittich, Rolf Michael ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; CHLOROBENZENE; OXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS CHLORORAPHIS;

EID: 0031687475     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3798-3806.1998     Document Type: Article

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