Isolation and characterization of 2,3-dichloro-1-propanol-degrading rhizobia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2882-2887

  Effendi, Agus J ^a,b   Greenaway, Steven D ^a   Dancer, Brian N ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPANOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROHYDRINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RHIZOBIUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033916612     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.2882-2887.2000     Document Type: Article

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