Harnessing microbial activities for environmental cleanup

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-284

  Löffler, Frank E ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DETOXIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONTAMINANT TRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DRINKING WATER; PERCHLORATE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; DETOXIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; SYNECOLOGY;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PERCHLORIC ACID; URANIUM; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 33744930596     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.05.001     Document Type: Review

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