Psychrotolerant bacteria isolated from Arctic soil that degrade polychlorinated biphenyls at low temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4823-4829

  Master, Emma R ^a   Mohn, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1242; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL STRUCTURE; COLD TOLERANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031736054     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4823-4829.1998     Document Type: Article

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