Degradation of Phenanthrene and Anthracene by Cell Suspensions of Mycobacterium sp. Strain PYR-1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1476-1483

  Moody, Joanna D ^a   Freeman, James P ^a   Doerge, Daniel R ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTHRACENES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHENANTHRENES;

EID: 0035318658     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1476-1483.2001     Document Type: Article

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