Isolation of microorganisms capable of styrene degradation

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 777-783

  Przybulewska, K ^a   Wieczorek, A ^a   Nowak, A ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Microorganism isolation; Styrene; Styrene biodegradation

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOBACTERIUM; SPHINGOBACTERIUM SPIRITIVORUM; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES HALSTEDII;

EID: 33751003495     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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