Isolation of a bacterial strain able to degrade branched nonylphenol

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 746-751

  Tanghe, Tom ^a   Dhooge, Willem ^b   Verstraete, Willy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRANCHED NONYLPHENOL; LIQUID CULTURE; SERIAL DILUTION PLATE RESUSPENSION;

BACTERIA;

NONYLPHENOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS;

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

EID: 0033082306     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.746-751.1999     Document Type: Article

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