Bacterial decolorization of the azo dye methyl red by Enterobacter agglomerans

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-169

  Moutaouakkil, A ^a   Zeroual, Y ^a   Dzayri, F Z ^b   Talbi, M ^b   Lee, K ^c   Blaghen, M ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Bacterial decolorization; Enterobacter agglomerans; Methyl red

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AGGLOMERANS; PANTOEA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS;

EID: 0346328322     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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