Degradation of chlorobenzoates in soil suspensions by indigenous populations and a specialized organism: interactions between growth and non-growth substrates

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-318

  Baggi, Grazia ^a   Zangrossi, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dichlorobenzoate; Growth; Monochlorobenzoate; Non growth substrate; Soil suspension; Substrate interaction

Indexed keywords

4 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SUSPENSION;

EID: 0032776936     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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