Microbial Growth on Dichlorobiphenyls Chlorinated on Both Rings as a Sole Carbon and Energy Source

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1953-1955

  Kim, Sanggoo ^a   Picardal, Flynn ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2'-DICHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4'-DICHLOROBIPHENYL; CARBON; CHLORINE; DICHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

CARBON; CHLORINE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE;

EID: 0035316311     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1953-1955.2001     Document Type: Article

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