Rapid consumption of low concentrations of methyl bromide by soil bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1864-1870

  Hines, Mark E ^a,c   Crill, Patrick M ^a   Varner, Ruth K ^a   Talbot, Robert W ^a   Shorter, Joanne H ^b   Kolb, Charles E ^b   Harriss, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL BROMIDE;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; METHYL BROMIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0031834562     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1864-1870.1998     Document Type: Article

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