Anaerobic-aerobic process for microbial degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2372-2377

  Ronen, Zeev ^a   Abeliovich, Aharon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICOKINETICS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHENOLS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034080263     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2372-2377.2000     Document Type: Article

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