Insights into bacterial associations catabolizing atrazine by culture-dependent and molecular approaches

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-67

  Ralebitso, T K ^a,b,c   Yamazoe, A ^b   Roling W F M ^b   Braster, M ^b   Senior, E ^a,d   Van Verseveld, H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Innovation Centre   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Catabolic microbial associations; Nutrient supplementation; PCR DGGE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP;

EID: 0037299848     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022531919239     Document Type: Article

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