Xenobiotics in the environment: Present and future strategies to obviate the problem of biological persistence

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-123

  Rieger, Paul Gerhard ^a   Meier, Helmut Martin ^b   Gerle, Michael ^b   Vogt, Uwe ^b   Groth, Torsten ^b   Knackmuss, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azo dyes; Benign; Biodegradation; Chloroethene; Design; Nitroaromatic; Persistence; Picric acid; Textile auxiliaries; TNT; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; POLLUTION;

CATABOLIC POTENTIAL;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AZO COMPOUND; ETHYLENE; TRINITROTOLUENE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; SPHINGOMONAS; TEXTILES; XENOBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037075684     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(01)00422-9     Document Type: Article

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