Characteristics of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria isolated from soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 743-752

  Aitken, Michael D ^a   Stringfellow, William T ^a,b   Nagel, Robert D ^a   Kazunga, Chikoma ^a   Chen, Shu Hwa ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Kinetics; Mineralization; Phenanthrene; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; PAH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; SPHINGOMONAS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0031737936     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w98-065     Document Type: Article

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