Distribution of Dibenzofuran-Degrading Bacteria in soils Polluted with Different Levels of Polychlorinated Dioxins

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-177

  Futamata, Hiroyuki ^a   Uchida, Tetsuya ^a   Yoshida, Naoko ^a   Yonemitsu, Yoshitomo ^a   Hiraishi, Akira ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bioremediation; Dibenzofuran degraders; dioxins; Nocardioides; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 14344261465     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.172     Document Type: Article

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