Biochemical characterization of chloromethane emission from the wood- rotting fungus Phellinus pomaceus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2831-2835

  Saxena, Deepti ^a   Aouad, Saleh ^a,b   Attieh, Jihad ^a   Saini, Hargurdeep S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL CHLORIDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; KINETICS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN;

FUNGI; PHELLINUS POMACEUS;

EID: 0031879711     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.2831-2835.1998     Document Type: Article

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