A new aerobic gram-positive bacterium with a unique ability to degrade ortho- and para-chlorinated biphenyls

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 759-765

  Rybkina, D O ^a   Plotnikova, E G ^a   Dorofeeva, L V ^b   Mironenko, Yu L ^c   Demakov, V A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GENETICS OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

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

^c Omutninsk Industrial Scientific Base   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chlorobenzoic acids; Microbacterium; Mixed culture; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM SP.; POSIBACTERIA;

4 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; 4-CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROBENZOATES; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 3042802019     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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