Diversity of naphthalene-degrading bacteria from a petroleum contaminated soil

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-242

  Alquati, Claudia ^a   Papacchini, Maddalena ^b   Riccardi, Carmela ^b   Spicaglia, Sergio ^b   Bestetti, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catechol dioxygenase; Naphthalene dioxygenase; Naphthalene degrading bacteria; Petroleum contaminated site

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 29144441067     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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