Diversity and correlation of specific aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation capabilities

Biodegradation

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 331-340

  Gülensoy, Nahide ^a   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; BTEX; Kappa statistics; Naphthalene; Substrate interactions

Indexed keywords

ALKYLBENZENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; GROUND WATER; META XYLENE; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PETROLEUM; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; COMAMONAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COMAMONAS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; NAPHTHALENES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 0042052049     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008318405882     Document Type: Article

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