Enrichment of mixed cultures capable of aerobic degradation of 1,2- dibromoethane

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4675-4677

  Freitas Dos Santos, L M ^a   Leak, D J ^a   Livingston, A G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; CARBON; GROUND WATER; HALIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SOIL; STOICHIOMETRY; XANTHOBACTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOBACTER;

EID: 10544227306     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4675-4677.1996     Document Type: Article

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