Quantitative analysis of experiments on bacterial chemotaxis to naphthalene

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 626-634

  Pedit, Joseph A ^a   Marx, Randall B ^a   Miller, Cass T ^a   Aitken, Michael D ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biodegradation; Chemotaxis; Naphthalene; Porous media; Pseudomonas putida

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUTAGENESIS; NAPHTHALENE; POROUS MATERIALS;

CHEMOTACTIC SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA;

NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIMULATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAPHTHALENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0037142393     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10244     Document Type: Article

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