Metabolic biomarkers for monitoring anaerobic naphthalene biodegradation in situ

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 532-537

  Phelps, Craig D ^a   Battistelli, Joseph ^a   Young, L Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENES;

EID: 0036742111     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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