Fluorene transformation by bacteria of the genus Rhodococcus

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 746-751

  Finkelstein, Z I ^a   Baskunov, B P ^a   Golovlev, E L ^a   Vervoort, J ^b   Rietjens, I M C M ^b   Baboshin, M A ^a   Golovleva, L A ^a  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Degradation; Fluorene; Rhodococci; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODNII; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

2 FLUORENOL; 2-HYDROXYFLUORENE; AMINO ACID; CASAMINO ACIDS; FLUORENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RHODOCOCCUS; TIME;

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUORENES; RHODOCOCCUS; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042725149     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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