Genotypic and phenotypic responses of a riverine microbial community to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3422-3428

  Langworthy, Donald E ^a   Stapleton, Raymond D ^b   Sayler, Gary S ^b   Findlay, Robert H ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FRESH WATER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RIVER WATER;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PAH; POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEDIMENT; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

LITTLE SCIOTO RIVER; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031692369     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.9.3422-3428.1998     Document Type: Article

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