Understanding the diversity in catabolic potential of microorganisms for the development of bioremediation strategies

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 655-663

  Watanabe, Kazuya ^a   Futamata, Hiroyuki ^a   Harayama, Shigeaki ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioremediation; Kinetics; Phenol hydroxylase; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHENOL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BIOREMEDIATION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHENOL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PHENOL; SEWAGE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036419477     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020534328100     Document Type: Article

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