Isolation and characterization of a biphenyl-utilizing psychrotrophic bacterium, Hydrogenophaga taeniospiralis IA3-A, that cometabolize dichlorobiphenyls and polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in Aroclor 1221

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-107

  Lambo, Adewale J ^a   Patel, Thakor R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; AROCLOR 1221; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FATTY ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMAMONADACEAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AROCLORS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; COMAMONADACEAE; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDROGENOPHAGA; HYDROGENOPHAGA TAENIOSPIRALIS;

EID: 33646374191     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200510006     Document Type: Article

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