Activity of toluene-degrading Pseudomonas putida in the early growth phase of a biofilm for waste gas treatment

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-141

  Pedersen, Anne R ^a   Møller, Søren ^a   Molin, Søren ^a   Arvin, Erik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

16S rRNA probes; biofilm growth kinetics; Pseudomonas putida; toluene; trickling filter; waste gas treatment

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; GASEOUS EFFLUENTS; GROWTH KINETICS; RNA; TOLUENE; TRICKLING FILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; WASTE GAS TREATMENT;

BIOFILMS;

TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; GAS WASTE; KINETICS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRICKLING FILTER;

EID: 1842375041     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970420)54:2<131::AID-BIT5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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