Enrichment and characterization of a microbial community from tannery effluent for degradation of pentachlorophenol

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 693-698

  Shah, Shachi ^a   Thakur, Indu Shekhar ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Chemostat; Chlorohydroquinone; Pentachlorophenol; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Serratia marcescens; Tetrachloro p hydroquinone

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0036787843     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016854205789     Document Type: Article

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