Fate of a PCBS degrading recombinant Pseudomonas putida AC30(PMFB2) and its effect on the densities of microbes in marine microcosms contaminated with PCBS

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-285

  Min, Man Gi ^a   Kawabata, Zen'ichiro ^a   Ishii, Nobuyoshi ^a   Takata, Renkichi ^a   Furukawa, Kensuke ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological effect; Fate; Genetically engineered Pseudomonas putida AC30(pMFB2); Marine microcosm

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POPULATION DENSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0032437276     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207239808711185     Document Type: Article

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