Dehalogenation of haloalkanes by Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and other mycobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 219-222

  Jesenská, Andrea ^a   Sedláček, Ivo ^a   Damborský, Jiří ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUTANE; DECANE; ETHANE; HALOOLEFIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEHALOGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0343986273     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.219-222.2000     Document Type: Article

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