Spatial and temporal variation of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria in intertidal sediments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2560-2565

  Berardesco, Gina ^a   Dyhrman, Sonya ^a   Gallagher, Eugene ^a   Shiaris, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENANTHRENE;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIODEGRADATION; INTERTIDAL ZONE; PHENANTHRENE; SEDIMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BOSTON HARBOUR; MASSACHUSETTS; USA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RIBRIO; VIBRIO;

EID: 0031815890     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2560-2565.1998     Document Type: Article

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