Anaerobic dehalogenation of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls by Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2217-2221

  Wiegel, Juergen ^a   Zhang, Xiaoming ^a,b   Wu, Qingzhong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DEHALOGENATION; DESULFITOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; DESULFUROCOCCUS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFITOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; DESULFUROCOCCUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032947585     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2217-2221.1999     Document Type: Article

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