Removal of dibenzofuran, dibenzo-p-dioxin, and 2-chlorodibenzo-p-dioxin from soils inoculated with Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2246-2249

  Halden, Rolf U ^a,b   Halden, Barbara G ^a,b   Dwyer, Daryl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0032924492     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2246-2249.1999     Document Type: Article

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