Biodegradation of lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane) by the white-rot fungus Trametes hirsutus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 238-241

  Singh, B K ^a   Kuhad, Ramesh Chander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CYCLOHEXANE; INSECTICIDES;

ADVERSE EFFECT; CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGAL GROWTH; INTRACELLULAR ENZYME; LIQUID CULTURE; MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; WHITE-ROT FUNGUS TRAMETES; Γ-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE;

MYCELIUM;

ENZYME; LINDANE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; METABOLITE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHANEROCHAETE;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; TRAMETES; TRAMETES HIRSUTUS;

EID: 0033025451     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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