Degradation of mixtures of aromatic and chloroaliphatic hydrocarbons by aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-276

  Leahy, Joseph G ^a   Tracy, Karen D ^a   Eley, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Aromatic hydrocarbon degradation; Chloroaliphatic hydrocarbon degradation; Co oxidation; Hydrocarbon mixture; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROALIPATHIC HYDROCARBON; CHLOROFORM; CUMENE; DICHLOROBENZENE; DICHLOROMETHANE; OXYGENASE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

ACINETOBACTER; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

EID: 0037445303     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00428-2     Document Type: Article

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