Engineering bacteria for bioremediation

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 262-270

  Pieper, Dietmar H ^a   Reineke, Walter ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENGINEERING; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034075043     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00094-X     Document Type: Review

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