Microbial degradation and detoxification of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain VUN 10,003

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 396-401

  Juhasz, A L ^a,c   Stanley, G A ^b   Britz, M L ^a  

^a Ctr for Bioproc and Food Technol   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; BIODEGRADATION; DICHLOROMETHANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PYRENE;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CORONENE; FLUORANTHENE; HIGH CELL DENSITY; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HYDROCARBONS MIXTURES; INOCULA; LIQUID MEDIA; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

DETOXIFICATION;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NEGIBACTERIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0034118851     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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