Biodegradation of soil-adsorbed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the white rot fungus Pleurotus ostreatus

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 469-472

  Márquez Rocha, Facundo J ^a   Hernández Rodríguez, Vanessa Z ^b   Vázquez Duhalt, Rafael ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Hydrogen peroxide; Pleurotus ostreatus; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; SOIL POLLUTION;

FUNGI; PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS;

EID: 0343238455     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005663419547     Document Type: Article

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