Degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol by two brown rot fungi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-132

  Fahr, Kristina ^a   Wetzstein, Heinz Georg ^b   Grey, Roland ^a   Schlosser, Dietmar ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenol; Brown rot fungus; Degradation; Gloeophyllum; Ligninolytic enzyme; Pentachlorophenol

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; CHLOROPHENOL; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEGRADATION; FUNGUS; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHENOLS; CULTURE MEDIA; LIGNIN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

FUNGI; GLOEOPHYLLUM; GLOEOPHYLLUM STRIATUM; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032989601     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00184-6     Document Type: Article

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