Isolation and identification of a yeast strain capable of degrading four and five ring aromatic hydrocarbons

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-112

  Hesham, Abd El Latif ^a,b   Wang, Zhenyu ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Lv, Wenzhou ^a   Yang, Min ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Biodegradation; Chrysene; Isolation; Ribosomal DNA; Yeast

Indexed keywords

PICHIA; PICHIA ANOMALA;

EID: 33745814376     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03174990     Document Type: Article

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