Effect of humic fractions and clay on biodegradation of phenanthrene by a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain isolated from soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3123-3126

  Ortega Calvo, Jose Julio ^a   Saiz Jimenez, Cesareo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIC ACID; PHENANTHRENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CLAY; MINERALIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0031926848     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3123-3126.1998     Document Type: Article

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