Microbial degradation of tyre rubber particles

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 963-969

  Tsuchii, Akio ^a   Tokiwa, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nocardia sp.; Rubber degradation; Truck tyre tread

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; DEGRADATION; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SP.;

EID: 0034950958     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010593807416     Document Type: Article

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