Oxidation of trichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and chloroform by toluene/o-xylene monooxygenase from Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3023-3024

  Chauhan, Sadhana ^a   Barbieri, Paola ^b   Wood, Thomas K ^a,c  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; PHENOL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0031927322     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3023-3024.1998     Document Type: Article

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