Colonization and disintegration of tire rubber by a colonial mutant of Nocardia

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 542-544

  Tsuchii, Akio ^a   Tokiwa, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microbial degradation; Mutant; Tire rubber

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; MINERALIZATION; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032958999     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80108-X     Document Type: Article

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