Stable Hydrogen and Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Microbial Toluene Degradation: Mechanistic and Environmental Aspects

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4842-4849

  Morasch, Barbara ^a   Richnow, Hans H ^b   Schink, Bernhard ^a   Meckenstock, Rainer U ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Sektion Sanierungsforschung   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBON; DEUTERIUM; LYASE; TOLUENE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DEUTERIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOLUENE;

EID: 0035486815     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4842-4849.2001     Document Type: Article

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