Linking toluene degradation with specific microbial populations in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5403-5408

  Hanson, Jessica R ^a   Macalady, Jennifer L ^a   Harris, David ^a   Scow, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; TOLUENE; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEGRADATION; ISOTOPE TRACING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOIL MICROFLORA; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032708727     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5403-5408.1999     Document Type: Article

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