Degradation of geosmin-like compounds by selected species of Gram- positive bacteria

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 98-100

  Saadoun, I ^a,b   Ei Migdadi, F ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTHROBACTER; COLOR CHANGES; GEOSMIN; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS; THURINGIENSIS;

BIODEGRADATION;

DRINKING WATER; GEOSMIN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES HALSTEDII; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARTHROBACTER ATROCYANEUS; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHENOLICUS; DIETZIA MARIS; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS MARIS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES HALSTEDII;

EID: 0031971722     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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