Degradation of dimethyl isophthalate by Viarovorax paradoxus strain T4 isolated from deep-ocean sediment of the South China Sea

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-247

  Wang, Y P ^a   Gu, J D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biochemical pathway; Dimethyl isophthalate; Esterase; Isophthalate; Monoisophthalate; Plasticiser

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33645107576     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030500531521     Document Type: Conference Paper

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