Isolation and characterization of phenol-degrading denitrifying bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2432-2438

  Van Schie, Paula M ^a,b   Young, L Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; PHENOL; RNA 16S;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031868029     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2432-2438.1998     Document Type: Article

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