Complete reductive dehalogenation of brominated biphenyls by anaerobic microorganisms in sediment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 940-947

  Bedard, Donna L ^a   Van Dort, Heidi M ^a,b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0031934216     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.940-947.1998     Document Type: Article

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