Characterization of Rhodococcus opacus R7, a strain able to degrade naphthalene and o-xylene isolated from a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 641-651

  Di Gennaro, Patrizia ^a   Rescalli, Emanuela ^b   Galli, Enrica ^b   Sello, Guido ^b   Bestetti, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dimethylphenols; Gentisate; Naphthalene; o xylene; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIHYDRO 1,2 DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE; 2,3 XYLENOL; 3,4 DIMETHYLCATECHOL; BENZENE; CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; GENTISATE 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; GENTISIC ACID; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORTHO XYLENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME METABOLISM; HYDROGENATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL POLLUTION;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

EID: 0034877347     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(01)01243-8     Document Type: Article

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