Polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading microbial communities in soils and sediments

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 246-253

  Abraham, Wolf Rainer ^a   Nogales, Balbina ^b   Golyshin, Peter N ^c   Pieper, Dietmar H ^e   Timmis, Kenneth N ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PROTOANEMONIN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CHLORINATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ENANTIOMER; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DESIGN; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0036276905     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00323-5     Document Type: Review

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