Substrate interactions during the biodegradation of benzene, toluene and phenol mixtures

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-35

  Hamed, Tarik Abu ^a   Bayraktar, Emine ^a   Mehmetoǧlu, Tanju ^b   Mehmetoǧlu, Ülkü ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biodegradation; Phenol; Pseudomonas putida F1; Substrate interaction; Toluene

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0242660895     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(02)00293-5     Document Type: Article

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