Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic Bacillus sp. JF8 capable of degrading polychlorinated biphenyls and naphthalene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-93

  Shimura, Minoru ^a   Mukerjee Dhar, Gouri ^a   Kimbara, Kazuhide ^a   Nagato, Hiroko ^b   Kiyohara, Hohzoh ^b   Hatta, Takashi ^b  

^a RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus sp.; Biodegradation; Naphthalene; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; NAPHTHALENES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLUS SP.;

EID: 0032800674     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00337-7     Document Type: Article

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