Toxic additives - A problem for microbial waste rubber desulphurisation

Resource and Environmental Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-21

  Christiansson, Magdalena ^a   Stenberg, Bengt ^b   Holst, Olle ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; GROWTH; RUBBER; TOXICITY;

ACIDIANUS BRIERLEYI; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 0034086940     PISSN: 13582283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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