Potential of a new biotreatment: Sphingomonas cloacae S-3T degrades nonylphenol in industrial wastewater

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 531-535

  Fujii, Katsuhiko ^a   Yamamoto, Ryohei ^b   Tanaka, Tadaharu ^b   Hirakawa, Takayoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Shintaro ^a  

^a MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KURABO INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biotreatment; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Industrial wastewater; Nonylphenol; Pollutant degrading bacteria

Indexed keywords

NONYLPHENOL; POLYPROPYLENE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; POROSITY; SAFETY; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS CLOACAE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; SPHINGOMONAS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS CLOACAE;

EID: 0141991105     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-003-0072-y     Document Type: Article

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