Tandem biodegradation of BTEX components by two Pseudomonas sp.

Current Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-36

  Attaway, Hubert H ^a   Schmidt, Michael G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOLUENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XYLENES;

EID: 0036633364     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0053-1     Document Type: Article

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