Selective and Continuous Degradation of Carbazole Contained in Petroleum Oil by Resting Cells of Sphingomonas sp. CDH-7

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1563-1568

  Kirimura, Kohtaro ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuji, Kenji ^a   Matsuda, Kazuya ^a   Kurane, Ryuichiro ^b   Usami, Shoji ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Carbazole; Heterocyclic nitrogen compound; Resting cell reaction; Sphingomonas sp

Indexed keywords

CARBAZOLE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBAZOLES; KINETICS; PETROLEUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOLVENTS; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0033193959     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1563     Document Type: Article

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